The effect of institutional blockholders' short-termism on firm innovation: Evidence from the Korean market
- Authors
- Kang, Sanggyu; Chung, Chune Young; Kim, Dong -Soon
- Issue Date
- Oct-2019
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Keywords
- Chaebol; Corporate governance; Emerging market; Firm innovation; Institutional blockholding; R&D
- Citation
- Pacific Basin Finance Journal, v.57
- Journal Title
- Pacific Basin Finance Journal
- Volume
- 57
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/36486
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.pacfin.2019.101188
- ISSN
- 0927-538X
1879-0585
- Abstract
- This study examines how the behavior of institutional blockholders affects investment in research and development (R&D) in Korean firms. Contrary to the monitoring view that institutional investors promote firms' R&D, the results of this study indicate that institutional blockholders have a significantly negative influence on R&D investment. More importantly, when we decompose institutional blockholdings according to institutions' national origins and investment horizons, we find that firms with higher foreign short-term blockholdings spend significantly less on R&D than other firms do. These results show that when the local characteristics of the Korean market (i.e., a predominance of owner-manager firms and weak corporate governance) prevail, institutional monitoring is not effective, and, thus, institutional blockholders tend to focus on the short term. Overall, in the Korean market, stronger short-termism hinders institutional monitoring and negatively affects firms' R&D investments. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
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