CEO's annual remuneration, intensity of R&D investment and company's financial performance

Abstract

Abstract: This paper studies the interactions among CEO's annual remuneration, the intensity of R&D investment and company's financial performance using simultaneous-equation models and three-stage least-squares method with the samples from Chinese A-share listed companies. The research results suggest that: (1) There is a significant positive interactive relationship between CEO's annual remuneration and the Intensity of R&D investment in Hi-Tech enterprise, while such relationship is negative in non-Hi-Tech enterprises; (2) In Hi-Tech enterprises, the intensity of R&D investment has a significantly negative effect on the company's current financial performance and has a significantly positive effect on the company's future financial performance, and vice versa, while such relationships are reversed in the non-Hi-Tech enterprises and are insignificant; (3) There is a significant positive interactive relationship between the CEO's annual remuneration and the company's financial performance in Hi-Tech enterprises. Such relationship is less significant in non-Hi-Tech enterprises. Our results not only enrich relevant researches, but also provide the theoretical support and decision-making reference in optimizing the CEO's annual remuneration, correcting under-investment in R&D and promoting sustainable profitability for Chinese Hi-Tech enterprises.

Key words: CEO's annual remuneration, R&D intensity, financial performance, simultaneous-equation models

CLC Number:

F273.1

Liu Zhen. CEO's annual remuneration, intensity of R&D investment and company's financial performance[J]. Science Research Management, 2014, 35(12): 129-136.

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