TY - JOUR
T1 - Tax havens and international business
T2 - A conceptual framework of accountability-avoiding foreign direct investment
AU - Temouri, Yama
AU - Budhwar, Pawan
AU - Jones, Chris
AU - Ylönen, Matti
AU - Pereira, Vijay Edward
AU - Cobham, Alex
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 British Academy of Management and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - By taking an objective and scientific bibliometric analysis approach, this paper presents the first review of the extant knowledge base on tax havens. This analysis has guided us in developing an overarching theoretical framework that examines the determinants of the use of tax havens by multinational enterprises (MNEs). Based on our systematic review and theoretical framework, we were able to develop and introduce a new concept, called accountability-avoiding FDI (foreign direct investment), which is distinct from the standard FDI motives identified in the international business (IB) literature. Our review also makes a contribution by explaining how various definitions, measurements, methodologies and categorizations of tax havens can lead to differing and mixed results. Given that the tax haven literature is of a cross-disciplinary nature, we specifically make a case for how the IB community can make a stronger contribution to our understanding of tax haven activity and its ramifications. We conclude the paper with suggestions for the future research that IB and management scholars could pursue in order to contribute unique insights to the area of MNE strategy and the implications of tax haven investments for countries, various industries and the MNEs themselves.
AB - By taking an objective and scientific bibliometric analysis approach, this paper presents the first review of the extant knowledge base on tax havens. This analysis has guided us in developing an overarching theoretical framework that examines the determinants of the use of tax havens by multinational enterprises (MNEs). Based on our systematic review and theoretical framework, we were able to develop and introduce a new concept, called accountability-avoiding FDI (foreign direct investment), which is distinct from the standard FDI motives identified in the international business (IB) literature. Our review also makes a contribution by explaining how various definitions, measurements, methodologies and categorizations of tax havens can lead to differing and mixed results. Given that the tax haven literature is of a cross-disciplinary nature, we specifically make a case for how the IB community can make a stronger contribution to our understanding of tax haven activity and its ramifications. We conclude the paper with suggestions for the future research that IB and management scholars could pursue in order to contribute unique insights to the area of MNE strategy and the implications of tax haven investments for countries, various industries and the MNEs themselves.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85117321687&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/ijmr.12279
DO - 10.1111/ijmr.12279
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85117321687
SN - 1460-8545
VL - 24
SP - 309
EP - 332
JO - International Journal of Management Reviews
JF - International Journal of Management Reviews
IS - 3
ER -