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Foreign Ownership and State-Owned Enterprises’ Innovation: The Mediating Role of Host Country’s Innovation Level and the Moderating Effect of Government Innovation Subsidies

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  • Chong Wu

    (Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China)

  • Mengyao Yue

    (Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China)

  • Fang Huang

    (Business School, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China)

  • Songqiao Wu

    (International School, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao 999078, China)

Abstract

From the perspectives of ownership dispersion degree after the entry of foreign shareholder and the foreign ownership participation level, respectively, this paper takes Chinese hybrid OFDI state-owned listed industrial companies from 2007 to 2019 as samples, using 3799 observations, to study the impact of foreign ownership on the innovation of OFDI SOEs. We find that compared to the ownership dispersion degree after the entry of foreign shareholder, the foreign ownership participation level plays a more active role in the innovation of OFDI SOE. This positive effect is stronger for non-state-holding enterprises and high-pollution industries. Further analysis reveals that the relationship between foreign ownership and the innovation of SOE is mediated and moderated by the host country’s innovation level and government innovation subsidies, respectively. In addition, in comparison with the ownership dispersion degree after the entry of foreign shareholders, the mediating effect of the host country’s innovation level and the moderating effects of government innovation subsidies are significantly enhanced by the foreign ownership participation level. These findings can promote the study of the relationship between mixed-ownership reform and the innovation of Chinese OFDI SOEs. By verifying the impact of foreign ownership on the effectiveness of OFDI SOE innovation, this paper provides a new perspective on the study of mixed-ownership reform. This paper aims to expand the research field on the relationship between mixed-ownership reform and OFDI SOE innovation, providing theoretical implications and facilitating the policy design of promoting SOE reverse technology spillovers through their governance structural reform.

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  • Chong Wu & Mengyao Yue & Fang Huang & Songqiao Wu, 2024. "Foreign Ownership and State-Owned Enterprises’ Innovation: The Mediating Role of Host Country’s Innovation Level and the Moderating Effect of Government Innovation Subsidies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-16, January.
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