Overseas background executives, corporate green innovation

Ecological civilisation is an important element of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and green innovation is undoubtedly an inaccessible component of this strategic task. Enterprises are the main body of innovation and stimulating the vitality of green innovation in enterprises will certainly provide power support for the construction of Chinese-style modernisation with green and high-quality development. Based on the data of Chinese A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2008 to 2022, the article examines the influence of executives with overseas background on corporate green innovation by using a two-way fixed-effects model. Study Finds Executives with Overseas Backgrounds Promote Green Innovation in Firms, and ESG performance plays a mediating role between the two. Further research finds that executives with overseas background also have a significant impact on firms' overall innovation. This paper enriches the research literature on the personal traits of executives and provides empirical evidence to promote corporate green innovation, which in turn provides certain references for the development of green innovation and talent attraction policies of the government and corporations.