为了探索企业间研发投入差异的原因,结合资源依赖理论和代理理论,研究了董事会人力资本、CEO权力对企业研发投入的影响。以2007--2009年沪深两市高科技上市公司为样本进行实证分析,回归结果显示,董事会人力资本深度与企业研发投入正相关,较大的CEO权力负向调节这种关系;董事会人力资本广度对企业研发投入没有显著影响。研究结果表明,董事会人力资本深度和CEO权力的交互影响是导致企业间研发投入差异的一个重要原因。
In order to find the reason why R&D investments differ in different firms, this paper investigates the effect of board human capital and CEO power on R&D investment with an integrated agency-resource dependence view. Through the empirical analysis with the samples of listed high-tech firms in China A-share from 2007 to 2009, the regression results show that the depth of board human capital is positively related with R&D invest- ment and high CEO power moderates this relationship negatively. However, no significant effect is found between the breath of board human capital and R&D investment. The results suggest that the interactive effect of depth of board human capital and CEO power is one of the reasons why R&D investments differ in different firms. The practical implications for board human resource configuration and CEO selection are discussed in the end.