高管海外经历与企业进口产品质量升级

财经论丛 ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 29-39.

高管海外经历与企业进口产品质量升级

金友森^1,2, 曹世健³, 冯连月⁴

1.南京理工大学经济管理学院,江苏南京 210094;
2.复旦大学经济学院,上海 200433;
3.湖南大学经济与贸易学院,湖南长沙 410079;
4.西南财经大学国际商学院,四川成都 611130

收稿日期:2024-09-29 出版日期:2025-06-10 发布日期:2025-06-10
作者简介:金友森(1994—),男,江西赣州人,南京理工大学经济管理学院讲师,复旦大学经济学院博士后;曹世健(1996—),男,云南普洱人,湖南大学经济与贸易学院硕士生。
基金资助:
国家自然科学基金青年项目(72303096);江苏高校哲学社会科学研究重大项目(2022SJZD051);中国博士后科学基金面上项目(2024M750473)

CEO Overseas Experience and Quality Upgrading of Firms' Imported Products

JIN Yousen^1,2, CAO Shijian³, FENG Lianyue⁴

1. School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China;
2. School of Economics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China;
3. School of Economics and Trade, Hunan University, Changsha 410079, China;
4. School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu 611130, China

Received:2024-09-29 Online:2025-06-10 Published:2025-06-10

摘要/Abstract

摘要： 研究如何借助海外人才加速回流的契机推动中国进口产品质量升级,对于开放型经济新体制下协同推进人才强国与贸易强国建设具有重要意义。本文基于中国A股上市公司数据与中国海关数据库的匹配数据,考察了高管海外经历对企业进口产品质量的影响。研究发现,高管海外经历对企业进口产品质量具有显著且稳健的促进作用。影响机制检验表明,降低交易成本、促进技术进步是高管海外经历提升企业进口产品质量的重要渠道。进一步的异质性分析表明,对资本品、差异化产品、国有企业、大型企业以及新进入进口市场的企业而言,高管海外经历对进口产品质量的促进效应更强。本研究证实了高管海外经历对企业进口产品质量升级的积极影响,为市场主导型“招才引智”模式在中国的有效实践提供了经验支持。

关键词: 高管海外经历, 进口产品质量, 交易成本, 技术进步

Abstract: The research on how to take advantage of the opportunity of accelerating the return of overseas talents to promote the quality upgrading of China's imported products is of great significance for the coordinated promotion of talent power and trade power strategy under the new open economy system in China. Based on the matching data of Chinese A-share listed companies and the Chinese customs database, this paper examines the impact of CEOs' overseas experiences on the quality of imported products. The study finds that CEOs' overseas experiences play a significant and robust role in promoting the quality of imported products. The test of influence mechanism shows that reducing transaction costs and promoting technological progress are important channels by which CEOs' overseas experiences improve the quality of imported products. Further heterogeneity analysis shows that for capital goods, differentiated products, state-owned enterprises, large enterprises, and those newly entering the import market, CEOs' overseas experiences have a stronger promoting effect on the quality of imported products. This paper earlier confirms the positive impact of CEOs' overseas experiences on the quality upgrading of imported products, and provides new empirical support for the effective practice of the market-oriented “talent recruitment” pattern in China.

Key words: CEO Overseas Experience, Imported Product Quality, Transaction Cost, Technological Progress

中图分类号:

F740

金友森, 曹世健, 冯连月. 高管海外经历与企业进口产品质量升级[J]. 财经论丛, 2025, 41(6): 29-39.

JIN Yousen, CAO Shijian, FENG Lianyue. CEO Overseas Experience and Quality Upgrading of Firms' Imported Products[J]. Collected Essays on Finance and Economics, 2025, 41(6): 29-39.

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