How Do Foreign Labor Regulations Affect Firms’ Operating Strategies?
研究了外国劳动法规变化如何影响美国跨国公司的运营策略，发现法规趋严时，企业更倾向于与当地伙伴建立保持距离的合作关系，而非一体化运营。
Abstract We examine how changes in foreign labor regulations affect U.S. multinationals’ operating strategies. We show that firms with integrated operations in countries where labor regulations become tighter tend to establish arm’s-length relations with local business partners in that nation. The substitution between integrated and arm’s-length operations is stronger toward joint ventures than suppliers and weaker in the presence of financial constraints. Our findings are consistent with the idea that when firms find it harder to terminate their workers in integrated operations, they change to an operating model where it is easier to replace or discontinue business partners instead of employees.