Top management team faultlines, green technology innovation and firm financial performance

Focusing on green technology innovation, the paper researches its motivation and implementation results from the perspective of internal corporate management. The impact of top manager team faultlines on green tech-nology innovation and the moderating role of environmental information disclosure in the relationship between green technology innovation and financial performance are discussed. Using listed manufacturing corporate data obtained from China Stock Market & Accounting Research database, the hypotheses are tested. It is found that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between task-related faultline and green technology innovation, while bio-demographic faultline has no significant influence on green technology innovation. In addition, both green technology innovation and environmental information disclosure have positive effects on financial performance, while the moderating effect of environmental information disclosure on innovation-performance doesn?t exist. Combined with the research results, the practical implications for policy makers and managers and future research avenue are proposed.

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This study investigates the impact of top manager team faultlines on green technology innovation and the moderating role of environmental information disclosure in the relationship between innovation and financial performance. The research finds an inverted U-shaped relationship between task-related faultlines and green technology innovation, with no significant influence from bio-demographic faultlines. Additionally, both green technology innovation and environmental information disclosure have positive effects on financial performance.