Finance & Economics of Xinjiang ›› 2022, Issue (6): 67-78.doi: 10.16716/j.cnki.65-1030/f.2022.06.009

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On Influence of Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Internal Control Quality on Enterprise Innovation Performance

XU Yan, QIAN Jialiang, PIAN Zihan   

  1. Xinjiang University of Finance and Economics, Urumqi 830012, China
  • Received:2022-09-24 Online:2022-12-25 Published:2023-05-18

Abstract:

Based on the data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2011 to 2020, this paper empirically analyzes the relationship between employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), internal control quality and enterprise innovation performance. The results show that ESOP can promote the innovation performance of enterprises, and the promotion effect has a certain lag and continuity; the quality of internal control has a mediating effect on ESOP to promote enterprise innovation performance. ESOP mainly improves enterprise innovation performance by improving the quality of internal control. Further analysis shows that the increase in the number of employee stock ownership will lead to the "free riding" problem in terms of enterprise innovation performance; compared with state-owned enterprises, ESOP plays a stronger role in promoting the innovation performance of non-state-owned enterprises. Based on this, enterprises should formulate employee stock ownership plan reasonably according to their own conditions, and give full play to its role in promoting the improvement of enterprise innovation performance.

Key words: employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), internal control quality, enterprise innovation performance, the "free ri-ding" problem, heterogeneity of property rights

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