Coupling men-to-women: Promoting firm innovation in emerging markets

Machokoto, M., T Lemma, T., Dsouli, O., Fakoussa, R. and Igudia, E. (2023) Coupling men-to-women: Promoting firm innovation in emerging markets. International Journal of Finance and Economics. 2023, pp. 1-22. 1076-9307.

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Abstract:

Motivated by calls to explore corporate outcomes of gender diversity-related dependencies in the upper echelons of a firm, the study examines whether gender diversity in the manager-owner(s) team of a firm shapes firm innovation, using the context of emerging markets. Based on examination of Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) data drawn from 33,629 firms operating in 39 emerging markets, we find robust evidence that firms with a gender-diverse manager-owner(s) team are associated with higher odds of undertaking innovative activities. That is, women (men) owned firms managed by a male (female) top manager are associated with a higher likelihood of undertaking innovation relative to women (men) owned businesses managed by women (men). Additionally, we find that female-owned businesses run by male (female) managers are the most (least) innovative, while male-owned businesses run by female (male) managers are the second (third) innovative. Our findings suggest that heterophilic manager-owner(s) teams have the potential to foster firm-level innovation in emerging markets. Our finding implies that businesses and policymakers could use initiatives that promote manager-owner(s) team gender diversity to overcome the social and structural barriers that impede corporate innovation in emerging economies.

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The authors would like to provide their gratitude for the valuable feedback provided by the Editor-in-Chiefand two annonymous reviewers. They also extend their appreciation to Daniel Gymiah, Abongeh Tunyi,Anthony Kyiu, and seminar attendees from the universities of Witwatersrand and Northampton for their helpful suggestions on a previous version of this paper

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality

Creators:

Machokoto, M., T Lemma, T., Dsouli, O., Fakoussa, R. and Igudia, E.

Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:

Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Accounting & Finance
Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Marketing and Entrepreneurship

Date:

20 June 2023

Date Type:

Publication

Page Range:

pp. 1-22

Journal or Publication Title:

International Journal of Finance and Economics

Volume:

2023

Number of Pages:

Language:

English

ISSN:

1076-9307

Status:

Published / Disseminated

Refereed:

Yes