Corporate governance, political involvement, and internationalization: An empirical investigation in Japan and Taiwan

Li-Wen Chen and Hsin-Yi Yu

Research in International Business and Finance, 2017, vol. 39, issue PA, 640-655

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of intervention by government and financial institutions on the degree of internationalization in Japan and Taiwan, with particular attention to the impact of the main bank system and the system of amakudari (the appointment of retired bureaucrats to the boards of public companies). The empirical results indicate that companies with a higher degree of internationalization have boards with stronger monitoring ability and therefore can fend off intervention by government. On the other hand, a negative relationship is established between the presence of retired bureaucrats on boards (amakudari) and the subsequent degree of internationalization. Similarly, intervention by financial institutions results in a lower subsequent degree of internationalization. Thus, although representatives of government and financial institutions may attempt to use their influence to prompt international expansion, the monitoring ability of the board may be jeopardized, to the detriment of internationalization.

Keywords: amakudari; Business–government relations; Corporate governance; Political intervention; Internationalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2016.07.023

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