Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. 5098 - 5098

Published: June 2, 2025

Sustained green innovation in firms is a crucial driver of sustainable economic development. Chief executive officer (CEO) openness, as key personality trait related to leadership effectiveness, has an important but largely overlooked impact on sustained innovation. This study aims explore the CEO openness and its boundary conditions. Using data from Chinese A-share-listed between 2011 2023, we find that significant positive firms. The moderating effects reveal both digitalization level shareholding strengthen effect Heterogeneity analysis indicates this more pronounced state-owned enterprises, non-heavily polluting industries, those with high analyst coverage. These findings provide theoretical support for understanding determinants through lens personality. They also enrich growing literature corporate decision-making. Furthermore, recommends prioritize selection, enhance digital infrastructure, improve equity incentive measures ultimately foster

Language: Английский