Corporate Anti-corruption Policy, Investment Motives, and Foreign Location Choice

Autor: Guoliang Frank Jiang, Michael A. Sartor
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: The Multiple Dimensions of Institutional Complexity in International Business Research ISBN: 9781800432451
DOI: 10.1108/s1745-886220210000015011
Popis: This study examines the contingent impact of corporate anti-corruption policies on multinational enterprises’ foreign investment strategy. The authors propose that the differences in foreign investment motives will moderate the assumed deterrent effect of anti-corruption policies. Our analysis of overseas production investments by Japanese firms (2011–2017) supports some of the hypotheses. The authors find that the deterrent effect of anti-corruption policies may be diminished when a new subsidiary has an efficiency-seeking purpose. Conversely, the deterrent effect is more prominent when a new subsidiary has a competence-creating purpose. These results not only contribute to the research on control of corruption in international business, but also have implications for research on corporate self-regulation more generally.
Databáze: OpenAIRE