Does gender affect innovation? Evidence from female chief technology officers

Wu, Qiang; Dbouk, Wassim; Hasan, Iftekhar; Kobeissi, Nada; Zheng, Li

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2021.104327

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“…Besides, all constructs in this study may be assessed by alternative measurements. For example, green innovation at the firm level can also be measured by the number of green patent applications (Berrone et al, 2013), learning is reflected in patent citations (Miao et al, 2021), and female leaders have proved to be closely aligned with transformational leadership (Wu et al, 2021). Thus, future research can use multiple data sources to confirm our findings and relieve concern about CMV by combining subjective and objective measurements.…”

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Exploring the linkages of green transformational leadership, organizational green learning, and radical green innovation

2022

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Radical green innovation is the necessary way for countries and firms to achieve sustainable development. Although the influencing factors of green innovation have attracted extensive attention, there is little research on the antecedents of radical green innovation. Drawing on organizational learning theory and attention‐based view, this study proposes R‐I ratio to measure the configuration of exploratory green learning and exploitative green learning, then analyzes the relationships among green transformational leadership, R‐I ratio and radical green innovation, and examines the moderating effects of green R&D investment and environmental regulatory pressure. Based on a sample of 243 manufacturing firms in China's strategic emerging industries, the empirical results reveal that green transformational leadership promotes R‐I ratio, and R‐I ratio has inverted U‐shaped relationship with radical green innovation. The results also find that green R&D investment plays U‐shaped moderating role in the relationship between green transformational leadership and R‐I ratio, and environmental regulatory pressure positively moderates the relationship between green transformational leadership and R‐I ratio. The study not only reveals the relationships of green transformational leadership, organizational green learning and radical green innovation, but also provides theoretical guidance and management practice for manufacturing firms and government to promote radical green innovation.

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Exploring the linkages of green transformational leadership, organizational green learning, and radical green innovation

2022

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“…Our study, however, is not so much about women supporting or not supporting other women, but rather about how women directors' power to affect boardroom decisions. One way to do so might be via effective coalition building, cooperation and collaboration—all of which have been shown to be part of a “feminine model of leadership” (Klenke, 1993, p. 330) and a transformational leadership style (Wu et al, 2021). As decisions in German supervisory boards are typically taken consensually, coalition building in co‐determined supervisory boards refers to coalitions that include both representative groups.…”

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“…Even though not engaged in day‐to‐day business, the supervisory board may influence a firm's innovation strategy via several channels: First and foremost, the supervisory board appoints (and dismisses) the members of the executive board. The executive board shapes a company's corporate vision (Wu et al, 2021) and innovation culture (Schein, 1992) and the employees' willingness to contribute to innovation processes and outcomes (Amabile, 1998). Hence, in deciding on whom (not) to appoint to the executive board, the supervisory board affects a firm's innovation strategy.…”

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“…Innovation leads to a competitive advantage of firms (e.g., Briest et al, 2020; Li et al, 2018; Subramaniam & Youndt, 2005) and has been shown to be an important driver of economic growth (e.g., Hasan & Tucci, 2010). Hence, it comes as no surprise that an increasing number of studies explores the determinants of firm innovation at different levels: Country, industry, and firm (e.g., Foucart & Li, 2021; Hoxha & Kleinknecht, 2020; Speldekamp et al, 2020; Wu et al, 2021; Xie et al, 2020).…”

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Women directors and firm innovation: The role of women directors' representative function

2022

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We argue that the link between women directors in co‐determined supervisory boards and firm innovation depends on two contextual factors: (1) Women directors' power, as measured by their share among shareholder representatives, and (2) on whether women are represented in both representative functions, that is, shareholder and employee representatives. In our empirical analysis based on German panel data, we find the positive link between women directors and firm innovation to be driven by women shareholder representatives, and we find the joint presence of women among shareholder and employee representatives to be positively linked to firm innovation.

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“…It is also mentioned in Galbreath (2018) that firm performance also will increase if board gender diversity is high. In addition, some previous research state that a high number of female director can increase companies' innovation (Jun et al, 2020;Leszczyńska & Thénot, 2021;Saggese et al, 2021;Vafaei et al, 2021;Wu et al, 2021).…”

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Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Indonesian Family Firms

Harymawan

Nismara

2022

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The study examines the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate innovation. A Quantitative method with OLS analysis technique, using an 868 samples data observation of Indonesia public companies listed from 2010-2019. This study found that board gender diversity has increased corporate innovation. Furthermore, using a family firm as a moderating variable, this study suggests that a family firm has weakened the positive relationship between board gender diversity and corporate innovation. Therefore, this study implies that board gender diversity is important to increase corporate innovation. In addition, this study provides that the gender diversity of CEOs in high family ownership companies can decrease corporate innovation. There are several research limitations. First, innovation, measured by R&D investment, does not particularly determine corporate innovation, as it can be measured in several other forms of intangible assets such as patents, trademarks, copyright, and franchises. Second, gender diversity association with corporate innovation was measured merely by the number of women and did not do further investigate the other factors such as their business ties, social ties, and educational background. Third, the sample only consists of companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, leaving out the other companies that did not go public.

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Does gender affect innovation? Evidence from female chief technology officers

Cited by 43 publications

References 124 publications

Exploring the linkages of green transformational leadership, organizational green learning, and radical green innovation

Exploring the linkages of green transformational leadership, organizational green learning, and radical green innovation

Women directors and firm innovation: The role of women directors' representative function

Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Innovation: Evidence from Indonesian Family Firms

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