Abstract:This article takes A-share listed companies from 2010 to 2015 as the research object, analyzes the impact of TMT external social capital on technology innovation and the regulatory role of executive incentive in this relationship. The findings are as follows: (1) TMT political capital has a negative impact on technology innovation, TMT business capital and academic capital have a positive impact on technology innovation; (2) Monetary compensation incentive plays a positive regulatory role in the relationship between TMT political capital and technology innovation, and plays a negative regulatory role in the relationship between TMT business capital and academic capital and technology innovation; (3) Equity incentive and reputation incentive plays a positive regulatory role in the relationship between TMT political capital, business capital and academic capital and technology innovation; (4) The control incentive plays a positive regulatory role in the relationship between TMT business capital and academic capital and technology innovation, and does not play a regulatory role in the relationship between TMT political capital and technology innovation.