高管的学科知识背景如何影响企业创新及可持续成长？——来自创业板上市公司的证据

How Does the Disciplinary Knowledge Background of Executives Affect Firm Innovation and Sustainable Growth?---Evidence from GEM Listed Companies

摘要:

基于高层梯队理论和资源基础理论，以2009—2021年创业板上市公司为研究样本，实证检验了高管的学科知识背景对企业可持续成长的影响以及其作用机制和作用情境。结果表明：高管的学科知识背景对企业可持续成长的影响呈现“跨学科背景>理工科背景>商科背景>人文背景”特征，无论是在高管团队还是CEO数据中均成立。拓展研究发现，高管的跨学科知识背景通过企业技术创新和商业模式创新促进企业可持续成长，高管的海外求学背景强化了跨学科知识背景对企业可持续成长的影响、也强化了技术创新和商业模式创新的中介作用。研究结论为企业优化高管团队内部配置、通过双重创新模式实现可持续成长提供新的理论解释，同时也为培养具有国际化视野的科技管理人才提供了经验证据。

关键词:学科知识背景;技术创新;商业模式创新;可持续成长

Abstract:

Based on the Upper Echelons theory and Resource-Based View theory, the impact of executives' disciplinary knowledge background on firm sustainable growth, as well as its intrinsic mechanism and context of action, is empirically examined using GEM-listed companies from 2009-2021 as the research sample. The results indicate that the influence of executives’ disciplinary knowledge background on firm sustainable growth is characterized by " cross-disciplinary background > scientific background > business background > humanities background", which holds both in the data of executive teams and CEOs. The extended study finds that the interdisciplinary knowledge background of executives contributes to sustainable growth through technological innovation and business model innovation and that the influence of multidisciplinary knowledge background on sustainable development is strengthened by the background of executives who have studied abroad, which also strengthens the mediating role of technological innovation and business model innovation. The findings provide new guidelines for technology start-ups to optimize the internal configuration of their executive teams and achieve sustainable growth through dual innovation models, as well as empirical evidence for cultivating innovative executive leaders.

Key words:disciplinary knowledge background; technological innovation; business model innovation; sustainable growth