Cao Shuang, Wu Yingjue
School of International business, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
PLoS One. 2025 Apr 28;20(4):e0320844. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320844. eCollection 2025.
This study examines how executives' IT backgrounds affect corporate digital technology innovation, using panel data from listed companies between 2011 and 2021. Findings indicate that executives' IT backgrounds significantly enhance corporate digital technology innovation, particularly in digital technology invention patents, where the effect is especially pronounced, and the results are robust. Mechanistic analysis suggests managerial myopia and executives' attention to digital technology are key factors that allow executives' IT backgrounds to promote corporate digital technology innovation. Further analysis shows executives' IT backgrounds have a greater promotional effect on digital technology innovation in state-owned enterprises, non-IT sectors, firms with influential executives, and organizations with long-serving executives. Economic analysis reveals that executives' IT backgrounds can improve corporate financial performance by enhancing digital technology innovation. This paper highlights the importance of executive IT human capital and provides insights into government and corporate talent recruitment policies.
本研究利用2011年至2021年上市公司的面板数据，考察高管的信息技术背景如何影响企业数字技术创新。研究结果表明，高管的信息技术背景显著促进了企业数字技术创新，特别是在数字技术发明专利方面，这种影响尤为显著，且结果具有稳健性。机制分析表明，管理短视和高管对数字技术的关注是高管的信息技术背景促进企业数字技术创新的关键因素。进一步分析表明，高管的信息技术背景对国有企业、非信息技术行业、有影响力的高管所在企业以及高管任职时间长的组织中的数字技术创新具有更大的促进作用。经济分析表明，高管的信息技术背景可以通过加强数字技术创新来提高企业财务绩效。本文强调了高管信息技术人力资本的重要性，并为政府和企业的人才招聘政策提供了见解。
