Digitalization level, corruptive practices, and location choice in the hotel industry
基于制度与代理理论，研究东道国腐败行为对酒店业国家选择的影响，以及数字化水平作为反腐败工具的作用。利用西班牙酒店业数据，发现腐败或制度薄弱显著影响国家选择，而高数字化水平可减少腐败可能性。
Based on institutional and agency theories, this paper examines the role of host corruptive practices on country choice for the hotel industry, as well as the power of digitalization as an anti-corruption tool. Digitalization level can boost transparency and can help monitor corruptive practices and other unethical behaviours. Relying on data from the Spanish hotel industry, the results confirm that the existence of corruptive or weak institutions has a significant impact on country choice, while a high digitalization level reduces the possibility of corruptive practices. We contribute by analysing the precise effect of host corruptive practices on country choice and the powerful effect of digitalization level as an anti-corruption instrument. This study is particularly interesting for the hotel industry, as a service sector, where multinationals need to carry out most of activities in the host country and maintain close interactions with foreign agents.