Paths | Path | t-value | p-value | 95% confidence interval | f2 | VIF | |
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CEO’s financial literacy (CFL) → Tech. Innovation | − 0.048 | 0.543 | 0.293 | − 0.193 | 0.097 | 0.001 | 1.987 |
CEO’s financial literacy (CFL) → Risk-taking (RT) | − 0.009 | 0.083 | 0.467 | − 0.182 | 0.160 | 0.000 | 1.987 |
Risk-taking (RT) → Tech. Innovation | 0.359 | 5.278 | 0.000 | 0.247 | 0.471 | 0.157 | 1.282 |
CEO’s Financial Literacy (CFL) → Management Control System (MCS) | 0.674 | 13.881 | 0.000 | 0.596 | 0.755 | 0.863 | 1.064 |
Management Control System (MCS) → Tech. Innovation | 0.320 | 3.249 | 0.001 | 0.158 | 0.482 | 0.065 | 2.33 |
Management Control System (MCS) → Risk-taking (RT) | 0.490 | 5.370 | 0.000 | 0.345 | 0.643 | 0.151 | 2.026 |
Control variables significant paths only | |||||||
Size → Risk-taking (RT) | − 0.089 | 1.688 | 0.046 | − 0.175 | − 0.003 | ||
Construction → Tech. innovation | − 0.181 | 2.768 | 0.003 | − 0.288 | − 0.073 |
Indirect effects | Path | t-value | p-value | 95% confidence interval | |||
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CFL → MCS → Innovation H1 | 0.216 | 3.197 | 0.001 | 0.103 | 0.329 | Supported | |
CFL → MCS → Risk-taking H2 | 0.330 | 4.780 | 0.000 | 0.223 | 0.446 | Supported | |
CFL → Risk-taking → Tech. Innovation H3 | − 0.001 | 0.042 | 0.473 | − 0.068 | 0.057 | Not supported | |
CFL → MCS → Risk-taking → Tech. Innovation H4 | 0.118 | 3.47 | 0.000 | 0.072 | 0.181 | Supported |
Total effects | Path | t-value | p-value | 95% confidence interval | |||
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CFL → Tech. innovation | 0.283 | 3.966 | 0.000 | 0.171 | 0.411 | ||
CFL → Risk-taking | 0.322 | 5.023 | 0.000 | 0.206 | 0.418 | ||
MCS → Tech. innovation | 0.496 | 5.723 | 0.000 | 0.336 | 0.63 |
Endogenous variable | Adjusted R2 | Q2 | |||||
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Technological Innovation | 0.346 | 0.160 | |||||
Risk-taking | 0.202 | 0.102 | |||||
SCI | 0.498 | 0.225 |