The Effects of Technology Innovation Activity on CSR: Emphasizing the Nonlinear and Heterogenous Effects
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Conditional Quantile Regression
2.2. Empirical Models and Variables
2.2.1. Empirical Models
2.2.2. Variables
3. Data
- Any firms without the CSR score over the entire sample period;
- Firms whose financial information is unavailable from FnGuide for the entire sample period;
- Any firms delisted during the sample period;
4. Findings
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | Mean | Std. Dev. | Skewness | Kurtosis | Min. | Median | Max. | Obs. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ln_CSR | 4.13 | 0.05 | −0.52 | 4.42 | 3.85 | 4.14 | 4.29 | 1300 |
ln_R&DExp | 21.80 | 3.772 | −3.54 | 21.57 | −1.00 | 22.17 | 30.54 | 704 |
ln_Employee | 6.20 | 1.35 | 0.08 | 4.62 | 0.69 | 6.11 | 11.54 | 1270 |
ln_Leverage | 4.08 | 1.13 | −0.12 | 5.10 | −2.30 | 4.09 | 7.79 | 1270 |
Turnover | 0.94 | 0.52 | 1.66 | 8.72 | 0.00 | 0.86 | 4.33 | 1.189 |
SalesGrowth | 5.85 | 29.95 | 8.27 | 111.47 | −100 | 2.78 | 515.15 | 1188 |
Variables | ln_R&DExp | ln_Employee. | ln_Leverage | Turnover | SalesGrowth |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ln_R&DExp | 1.0000 | ||||
ln_Employee | 0.3627 | 1.000 | |||
ln_Leverage | −0.0035 | 0.3419 | 1.000 | ||
Turnover | −0.1026 | 0.2612 | 0.4390 | 1.000 | |
SalesGrowth | 0.0192 | 0.0074 | 0.0532 | 0.2309 | 1.000 |
Variables | Reg. 1 | Reg. 2 | Reg. 3 | Reg. 4 | Reg. 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | 4.0876 *** (0.0237) | 4.0618 *** (0.0232) | 4.0744 *** (0.0238) | 4.0745 *** (0.0238) | 4.0999 *** (0.0239) |
ln_R&DExp | 0.0026 *** (0.0004) | 0.0012 *** (0.0004) | 0.0011 *** (0.0004) | 0.0011 *** (0.0004) | 0.0011 *** (0.0004) |
ln_Employee | 0.0081 *** (0.0011) | 0.0090 *** (0.0012) | 0.0091 *** (0.0012) | 0.0091 *** (0.0012) | |
ln_Leverage | −0.0034 ** (0.0014) | −0.0031 ** (0.0015) | −0.0030 ** (0.0015) | ||
Turnover | −0.0012 (0.0032) | −0.0022 (0.0033) | |||
SalesGrowth | 0.0001 (0.0001) | ||||
Industry_Dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Year_Dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Num. of Obs. | 704 | 704 | 704 | 702 | 701 |
0.397 | 0.438 | 0.442 | 0.443 | 0.445 | |
(p-values) | 34.96 *** (0.000) | 38.43 *** (0.000) | 36.45 *** (0.000) | 34.14 *** (0.000) | 32.25 *** (0.000) |
Variables | Reg. 1 | Reg. 2 | Reg. 3 | Reg. 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Constant | 4.1353 *** (0.0246) | 4.1379 *** (0.0256) | 4.1650 *** (0.0255) | 4.1142 *** (0.0263) |
ln_R&DExp | −0.0039 *** (0.0012) | −0.0040 *** (0.0012) | −0.0040 *** (0.0012) | −0.0014 (0.0013) |
ln_R&DExp2 | 0.00021 *** (0.00003) | 0.00021 *** (0.00003) | 0.00021 *** (0.00003) | 0.00009 *** (0.00004) |
ln_Employee | 0.0064 *** (0.0014) | |||
ln_Leverage | −0.0009 (0.0015) | −0.0008 (0.0015) | ||
Turnover | 0.0026 (0.0032) | 0.0020 (0.0033) | ||
SalesGrowth | 0.00004 (0.0004) | |||
Industry_Dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Year_Dummy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Num. of Obs. | 704 | 702 | 701 | 704 |
0.426 | 0.427 | 0.428 | 0.442 | |
(p-values) | 36.52 *** (0.000) | 31.95 *** (0.000) | 30.08 *** (0.000) | 36.41 *** (0.000) |
Obs. = 701 | Quantile Regressions | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | OLS | |||||||
Constant | 4.0999 *** (0.0239) | 4.1058 *** (0.0268) | 4.1128 *** (0.0260) | 4.0935 *** (0.0289) | 4.1177 *** (0.0268) | 4.0951 *** (0.0255) | 4.0933 *** (0.0246) | 4.0983 *** (0.0261) |
ln_R&DExp | 0.0011 *** (0.0004) | 0.0013 (0.0011) | 0.0007 (0.0011) | 0.0007 (0.0008) | 0.0013 ** (0.0005) | 0.0007 (0.0007) | 0.0016 ** (0.0008) | 0.0011 * (0.0006) |
ln_Employee | 0.0091 *** (0.0012) | 0.0044 *** (0.0014) | 0.0049 *** (0.0014) | 0.0061 *** (0.0016) | 0.0067 *** (0.0013) | 0.0119 *** (0.0026) | 0.0108 *** (0.0023) | 0.0130 *** (0.0025) |
ln_Leverage | −0.0030 ** (0.0015) | −0.0019 (0.0023) | −0.0023 (0.0019) | −0.0028 (0.0021) | −0.0016 (0.0015) | −0.0006 (0.0023) | −0.0011 (0.0033) | −0.0065 (0.0044) |
Turnover | −0.0022 (0.0033) | 0(0.0051) | −0.0018 (0.0044) | −0.0002 (0.0037) | −0.0007 (0.0039) | −0.0032 (0.0055) | −0.0079 (0.0068) | −0.0064 (0.0086) |
SalesGrowth | 0.0001 (0.0001) | −0.00006 (0.00008) | −0.00005 (0.00011) | 0.0007 (0.00010) | 0.00006 (0.00005) | 0.00002 (0.00010) | 0.0002 (0.0001) | 0.0001 (0.0001) |
Industry_Dummy | 4.0999 *** (0.0239) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes e | Yes |
Year_Dummy | 0.0011 *** (0.0004) | Yes | Yes | Yes | I Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
0.445 | 0.422 | 0.389 | 0.302 | 0.245 | 0.227 | 0.240 | 0.266 | |
Homogeneity F statistic across all the quantiles | 2.04 *** (0.000) |
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Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Hyunchul, and Kyungtag Lee. 2021. "The Effects of Technology Innovation Activity on CSR: Emphasizing the Nonlinear and Heterogenous Effects" Sustainability 13, no. 19: 10893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910893