Research on the relationship between board diversity and firm technological innovation

Author

Li Xiao-qing ; Zhou Jian

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Yanshan Univ., Qinhuangdao, China

fYear

2012

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1612

Lastpage

1617

Abstract

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between the board diversity and corporate technological innovation on the relevant data of Hi-tech industrial listed firms in China from the year 2007-2009. Main findings and conclusions of this paper are as follows: there is a positive correlation between board´s functional background diversity and technological innovation, there is a positive correlation between board´s educational level diversity and technological innovation, but there is no significant influence between board industrial background diversity and technological innovation.

Keywords

correlation methods; innovation management; organisational aspects; technology management; China; board educational level diversity; board functional background diversity; board industrial background diversity; corporate technological innovation; firm technological innovation; hi-tech industrial listed firms; positive correlation; Correlation; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Indexes; Industries; Investments; Technological innovation; board diversity; educational background; functional background; industrial background; technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management Science and Engineering (ICMSE), 2012 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

ISSN

2155-1847

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-3015-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSE.2012.6414388

Filename

6414388