Corporate innovation is an increasingly important topic that has attracted great attention from
academic researchers in financial economics in recent years. Although the top three finance …

In this paper, we examine the impact of female Chief Technology Officers (CTOs) on
corporate innovation. We find that firms with female CTOs are more innovative (as captured …

We examine two important channels through which corporate social responsibility (CSR)
affects firm value: investment efficiency and innovation. We find that firms with higher CSR …

Income inequalities have increased in most Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD) countries over the past three decades (OECD 2015a). In the United …

Firms often register trademarks as they launch new products or services. We find that the
number of new trademark registrations positively predicts firm profitability, stock returns, and …

We study the effects of trademark protection on firms' profits and strategy using the 1996
Federal Trademark Dilution Act, which granted additional legal protection to selected …

Numerous scholars have investigated the link between option-based compensation and
innovation in public firms, generally concluding options motivate innovative activities better …

Purpose The Paris agreement for climate changes brought new attention to the themes of
reduce carbon emissions, green ecosystems, the circular economy and the need to ensure …

Using FAS 123R as an exogenous shock to stock options, I provide evidence that equity‐
based risk‐taking incentives discourage corporate social responsibility (CSR). This finding …

In this study, I investigate the association between firm innovation and formal versus informal
finance for 5,982 firms in 30 transition economies. I also examine whether the association …