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Climate change and corporate culture of innovation: evidence from earnings conference calls

Viput Ongsakul (National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand)
Pandej Chintrakarn (Business Administration Division, Mahidol University International College (MUIC), Nakhon Pathom, Thailand)
Pornsit Jiraporn (Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA)
Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard (Center of Excellence in Management Research for Corporate Governance and Behavioral Finance, Sasin School of Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand)

Pacific Accounting Review

ISSN: 0114-0582

Article publication date: 5 April 2024

Issue publication date: 29 April 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Exploiting novel measures of climate change exposure and corporate culture generated by a powerful textual analysis of earnings conference calls, this study aims to explore the effect of firm-specific climate change exposure on corporate innovation through the lens of corporate culture.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors apply the standard regression analysis as well as a variety of sophisticated techniques, namely, propensity score matching, entropy balancing and an instrumental-variable analysis with multiple alternative instruments.

Findings

The authors find that more exposure to climate change risk results in more innovation, as indicated by a significantly stronger culture of innovation. The findings are consistent with the notion that firms more exposed to climate change risk are pressed to be more innovative to adapt to the numerous changes caused by climate change. Finally, the authors also find that the effect of firm-level exposure on innovation is considerably less pronounced during uncertain times.

Originality/value

The authors are among the first studies to take advantage of a novel measure of firm-specific exposure to climate change and investigate how climate change exposure influences an innovative culture. Since climate change is a timely issue, the findings offer important implication to several stakeholders, such as shareholders, executives and investors in general.

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Citation

Ongsakul, V., Chintrakarn, P., Jiraporn, P. and Chatjuthamard, P. (2024), "Climate change and corporate culture of innovation: evidence from earnings conference calls", Pacific Accounting Review, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 161-181. https://doi.org/10.1108/PAR-03-2023-0041

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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