Excess is just as bad as deficiency: Parent director appointments and subsidiary innovation input
Chenyan Wang,
Songqin Ye,
Xiufan Zhang
Abstract:Corporate parents are important to subsidiary development. Drawing on the parent–subsidiary relationship perspective, this paper examines the impact of parent director appointments on subsidiary innovation input. Although existing research indicates that disproportional board representation can enhance control, the literature is silent on the effects of proportional board representation. Using a sample of listed nonfinancial Chinese subsidiaries between 2007 and 2021, we find that parent director appointments … Show more
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