The Determinants of Foreign Multinational Enterprise Firms' Board Governance in Caribbean Offshore Island Economies

Bruce Hearn

Journal of International Management, 2022, vol. 28, issue 4

Abstract: Using a unique sample of 171 listed firms in the Caribbean region, this paper explores the influence of post-entry ownership of foreign MNEs on the board composition of subsidiaries. Our findings reveal higher ownership is a means of enhancing the security of property rights while simultaneously creating a liability of foreignness. This causes subsidiaries to externally contract for resources, leading to the hiring of more lawyers and fewer accountants. The opposite is true for progressively lower levels of foreign MNE ownership. Firms' adoption of shareholder rights governance amplifies these findings, while state formal institutional quality reverses them.

Keywords: Foreign MNE networks; Subsidiary governance; Tax havens; Institutions; Caribbean (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2022.100936

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