Monetary Compensation Research Articles

Preventive healthcare among dogs and cats in Chile is positively associated with emotional owner-companion animal bond and socioeconomic factors

Global companion animal population has been increasing as well as the number of dogs and cats being considered as a family member. However, it is unclear whether this close relationship could be associated with higher preventive healthcare in companion animals. Using data from 7,048 questionnaires of dogs and 3,271 of cats from the First National Study on Responsible Companion Animal Ownership, we estimated the proportion of preventive healthcare in companion animals of Chile. We also conducted a general linear mixed-effect regression model to identify socioeconomic factors and indicators of the emotional owners-companion animal bond that could influence owners' practices related to vaccination, parasite control, and veterinary visits. Based on the owner's answers, Chile has a satisfactory overall rates of parasite control (71%) and annual veterinary visits (65%) but a low vaccination coverage of both dogs (39%) and cats (25%). 'Purebred', 'live in urban areas', 'acquired by monetary compensation', and 'dog species' were associated with a higher probability of preventive healthcare in companion animals. Conversely, this probability was lower among senior animals compared to adults, males, and those owned by the Silent Generation or Baby Boomers (i.e., owners born before 1964). 'Sleeping inside', 'acquired for an emotional reason' (e.g., companionship), and 'considered a family member' were positively associated with at least one of assessed preventive measures. Our findings suggest that emotional owner-companion animal bonds could positively impact the frequency and quality of preventive healthcare in dogs and cats. However, owners who totally disagreed that a companion animal is a "family member" were also associated with a higher likelihood of vaccination uptake and veterinary visits for their animals. This highlights that owner's compliance with veterinary preventive healthcare is multifactorial. Chile has a high prevalence of infectious diseases circulating among dogs and cats and increasingly close contacts between owners and companion animals due to emotional bonds. Thus, our study calls for One Health approaches to reduce the risks of cross-species disease transmission. Specifically, increasing vaccination coverage of companion animals in Chile is the most urgent preventive measure needed, especially among cats, males, and older animals. Expand preventive healthcare among dogs and cats will promote public and animal health, including local wildlife that is susceptible to infectious diseases circulating in companion animals.

The Effect of Executive Compensation on the Performance of Listed State-Owned Highway Companies

Listed state-owned highway companies face problems such as low operational efficiency, a fixed operation period, and a limited scale of road assets. This paper presents the current situation of listed state-owned highway companies and analyses the mechanism of executive compensation and cooperate governance based on principal-agent theory, management power theory, and Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory. The research constructs the index assessment system, selects the data of 20 listed state-owned highway companies from 2012 to 2021 as samples, and applies the principal component analysis (PCA) to measure the comprehensive performance of listed state-owned highway companies. Using a fixed-effects panel model, the impact of executive remuneration on corporate performance is examined along three dimensions: executive monetary compensation, executive pay gap, and executive on-the-job consumption. The research proposes recommendations to address the problems of executive compensation system, with a view to improving corporate performance in listed state-owned highway companies.

Estimation of bargaining effect in the decision of monetary compensation of executive in investment bank: Evidence from China.

Though numerous empirical and theoretical studies have been conducted on the determinants and effects of executive compensation, empirical evidence regarding the bargaining effect on the monetary compensation decisions of executives, especially in a large emerging economy such as China, remains scarce. In this study, a two-tier stochastic frontier and endogenous correction model was developed to quantitatively estimate the bargaining effect on the monetary compensation decisions of investment bank executives. Our study is the first to provide comprehensive empirical evidence that bargaining between investment banks and executives in China significantly affects the compensation decisions of executives. In the bargaining process, investment banks are more proficient than executives, and the comprehensive bargaining effect tends to lower the negotiated compensation of executives. The bargaining effect exhibited obvious heterogeneity in the characteristics of executives and investment banks. When these characteristics tend to augment the bargaining power of executives, the negotiated compensation exhibits a limited decrease; when these characteristics augment the bargaining power of investment banks, the negotiated compensation decreases substantially. Our results provide deep insight into factors that determine executive compensation and help compensation designers of investment banks better understand and design executive pay packages.

2022년 민법(채권법) 중요 판례 평석

In this paper, among the major precedents of the Supreme Court on civil matters in the year 2022, I analyzed the meaning and contents of 8 important decisions (focused on the claims) that I arbitrarily selected. The majority opinions in the Supreme Court’s all-collegial decision maintained the previous precedent by stating that the Article 398, Paragraph 2 of the Civil Act cannot be applied to the penalties for breach of contract and the amount of the penalties cannot be reduced by the court according to the above-mentioned clause. However, in my personal opinion, I agree with the opposing opinions in the Supreme Court’s all-collegial decision interpreting that the penalty for breach of contract can be reduced by analogy with Article 398, Paragraph 2 of the Civil Act. In exercising the obligee's right of subrogation prescribed in the Article 404 of the Civil Act, the majority opinions in the Supreme Court’s all-collegial decision enacted a judgment to the effect that in recognizing the necessity of preservation, if the debtor is solvency, a more rigorous examination should be taken in the monetary claim. With this ruling, it is noteworthy whether the different rulings of the Supreme Court will come out in the future on issues where the 'necessity of preservation' has been recognized in previous precedents. In 2022 there have been two precedents regarding the invasion of opportunity to recoup the business investment under the Commercial Building Lease Protection Act and it is expected that there will be more Supreme Court decisions in this regard in the future. The first Supreme Court precedent has been issued regarding the lessor’s right to refuse renewal for the purpose of actual residence, which has been controversial since it was newly implemented on July 31, 2020. In the meantime, there was difference of opinions in the practice of lower court trials regarding the meaning of the Article 6-3, Paragraph 1, Item 6 of the Housing Lease Protection Act, and this Supreme Court decision dispelled such confusion. Unlike the rulings of the lower courts, the Supreme Court clearly declared that the franchiser shall be liable for any operating loss to the franchisee caused by the franchiser’s providing false or exaggerated information. Also the significant judgments were made by the Supreme Court regarding the problem that would occur in practice when creditors concurrently exercise the right to revoke the fraudulent act and monetary compensations, and regarding whether or not the bank may make a set-off to the extent of the amount corresponding to that of its obligation to return the mistaken remittance

Executive Compensation Incentives and Corporate R&D Investments: An Analysis Based on the Moderating Effect of Managerial Power

ABSTRACT Using data on Chinese A-share listed companies, this paper explores the interactive effects of managerial power and executive compensation incentives on corporate R&D investments. We find that higher executive monetary compensation and perquisite consumption help increase corporate R&D investments, while a large compensation gap within the management team can inhibit corporate R&D investments. We further show that managerial power has different moderating effects on the relation between management incentives and corporate R&D investments. Managerial power weakens the positive effects of explicit and implicit incentives of executives on corporate R&D investments, while it strengthens the negative effect of the compensation gap within the management team on corporate R&D investments.

Posebna zaštita materinstva – (ne)opravdanost nejednakog postupanja prema zaposlenim ženama i preduzetnicama

The article deals with the comparison of the legal status of working women and women entrepreneurs in the Republic of Serbia, regarding rights related to maternity protection. Although it is indisputable that there is a significant difference between performing independent and subordinate work, the article aims to find an answer to the question of whether and to what extent the position of working women and women entrepreneurs is (un)equal in terms of special maternity protection. Special attention in the article is devoted to maternity leave, leave for tending a child and leave for special care of a child, types and amounts of monetary compensation, as well as the issue of legal regulation of the (un)equal position of men and women in relation to tending a child. Through the analysis of the aforementioned institutes, the author concludes that the position of employed women and women entrepreneurs is unequal in terms of the rights they exercise as mothers, and that there is no justified reason for this.

Implementation of the Effect of Price and Service Quality on Honda Car Purchasing Decisions in Tegal (Case Study of PT. Dova Putra Manunggal Sejati)

To maintain a good name in the eyes of its customers, a company competes in terms of service or price. A good and reliable payment system will increase the number of buyers, making it easier for business actors to achieve their goals to get maximum profit. Not only that, the price also carries a markup that is specifically related to customer complaints. The term "price" refers to any form of monetary compensation that consumers may use to evaluate, obtain, and utilize various combinations of goods and services from a single product. A product is anything that can be sold at a discount to be noticed, bought, used, or consumed and that can satisfy a need or tendency. Regardless of the form a product takes when it is manufactured, a company's level of customer service is an important issue. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between price, product quality, and customer service in relation to purchase intent. The focus of the study was approximately 1,894 consumers who purchased Honda vehicles in 2021. The data analysis methodology uses segregated regression analysis. By performing the Instrumental Test and the Classical Assumption Test, the study findings show that price, product quality, and customer service, whether occurring simultaneously or sequentially, have a significant influence on buyer intent.

Cultivating Resilience in Organizational Frontline Employees

This research examines the antecedents and outcomes of organizational frontline employees’ (FLEs’) resilience. Developing a better understanding of resilience, defined as an employee’s ability to overcome or bounce back from adversity, has become critical, as managers increasingly are struggling to manage change on the front lines. The results from three studies conducted in organizational frontline contexts confirm the importance of FLE resilience, demonstrating its association with increased effort and reduced turnover intentions. Moreover, using an experience sampling methodology, we find that nearly half the variance in resilience lies within individuals, which suggests that resilience is not merely a trait but rather malleable. As such, the main contribution of this research is to offer fresh insights into what leads to greater resilience in customer-facing roles. The results show that rather than being motivated by a desire for monetary compensation, FLEs’ resilience is driven by a sense of competence and relatedness to not only coworkers but also customers. Moreover, we find that autonomy is negatively related to resilience when customer orientation is low. For managers, our findings offer guidance on how to cultivate resilience to improve FLE effort and reduce turnover intentions in the face of adversity.

Conservation of thresher shark (Family: Alopiidae) in South‐west Aceh

Conservation of thresher shark (Family: Alopiidae) in South‐west Aceh

Mediation Effect of Perceived Leaders' Empathy Between Monetary Compensation and Private Universities' Lecturers' Happiness

The outbreak of Covid-19 that began to attack the world at the end of the year 2019 certainly had an impact on the world economy. As a result, many companies and organisations are affected in terms of financial stability. Most organisations, including private universities, are forced to reduce the number of employees, resulting in the remaining employees having to bear the amount of work that is not commensurate with the compensation given. This situation has caused employees such as lecturers to feel unhappy and has ultimately affected the overall performance of the universities. A preliminary study by Raime et al. (2022) proved that monetary compensation has a significant relationship with lecturers' happiness. However, studies explaining the existence of a significant relationship between monetary compensation and lecturers' happiness are still lacking. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine perceived leaders' empathy as a mediator between monetary compensation and lecturers' happiness. Empirical results show that perceived leaders' empathy does not mediate the relationship between monetary compensation and lecturers' happiness. The β-value between these two variables only decreased with a small value after the presence of perceived leaders' empathy as a mediator. The results and discussion of this study are expected to be used as empirical evidence for leaders in the world, especially in Malaysia, not to take for granted the issue of monetary compensation and empathy among the employees. In addition, the results of this study can be used as a reference for policymakers in the field of human resource management to constantly improve and revisit policies related to employees' compensation and remuneration.

How to Compensate After a Data Breach?

Data breach recovery is often likened to service failure recovery. Like service failure recovery, compensation is a major factor toward data breach recovery. However, compensation involves different types, which may have varying effects on data breach recovery. This study investigates the effect of compensation types on customer's repatronage intentions to organizations that have suffered a data breach. Three compensation types were identified in this study: monetary, service, and psychological compensation. The findings of this study indicate that only service and psychological compensation have a significant effect on customers' perceptions of being treated fairly by the organization following a data breach. Furthermore, service compensation impacts the trust a customer regains in the company. Monetary compensation did not play a statistically significant role in the data breach recovery process. In turn, both perceived fairness and regained trust influences customer repatronage intentions. This study contributes to the information privacy field by identifying the types of compensation that are impactful to re-engage individuals who suffered PII related data breach.

“Nothing to lose and the possibility of gaining”: a qualitative study on the feasibility and acceptability of registry-based randomised controlled trials among cancer patients and clinicians

BackgroundRandomised controlled trials (RCTs) are considered the “gold standard” for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions in clinical research. However, conventional RCTs are typically complex, expensive, and have narrow eligibility criteria, which limits generalisability. Registry-based randomised controlled trials (RRCTs) are an alternative approach that integrates the internal validity of an RCT with the external validity of a clinical registry by recruiting real-world patients and leveraging an existing registry platform for data collection. As RRCT is a novel research design, there has been limited research on the feasibility and acceptability of RRCTs from the patients’ and trial team’s perspectives. This study aims to explore patients’, clinicians’, and study coordinators’ perspectives towards participation in and conduct of oncology RRCTs in Australia.MethodsThirty-seven semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 cancer patients, 15 clinicians, and 7 study coordinators. Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data were analysed using thematic analysis.ResultsThree overarching themes were identified: (1) enablers and barriers to recruitment and enrolment of patients in RRCTs, (2) experiences of patients participating in RRCTs, and (3) recommendations for the implementation of future RRCTs. For patients, altruism and “trust in the clinician” were key reasons to participate in a RRCT. For clinicians and clinical trial coordinators, the RRCT study design was perceived as “simple and straightforward” but “less exciting” than RCTs. Competition from commercially sponsored RCTs poses challenges for investigator-led RRCTs recruitment, particularly if eligible patient numbers are low. There were limited impacts on patients’ treatment experiences and clinicians’ clinical workflow given that the RRCTs explored different standards of care. Recommendations to improve the enrolment of patients in RRCTs included generating greater buy-in from clinicians by increasing awareness of RRCTs via education initiatives and broader promotion of the “selling point” of RRCTs and providing monetary compensation to hospitals for enrolling patients.ConclusionsWhilst patients, clinicians, and study coordinators were generally supportive of RRCTs, several barriers to effective RRCT implementation in oncology were identified. Developing strategies to increase acceptance of the methodology by clinicians will help enhance the uptake of RRCTs in Australia and internationally.

Monetary Compensation in Pollution Litigation in Nigeria: How Adequate?

Since the discovery of oil in the Niger Delta of Nigeria, there has been a steady increase in conflict between the communities hosting the multinational oil companies and the host communities. The conflicts have found expression in court disputes over the years. The dominant claims in these disputes are usually monetary compensation. The question has continued to arise as to whether there are consistent legal frameworks to guide the disputants in the process of getting compensated for oil spillages and other collateral damages that result from the exploratory activities of these multinational oil companies. Looking at the procedural laws, who and which is more favoured: the company or the victim? This paper which adopts the doctrinal method surveys the problem of monetary compensation in litigation involving victims of oil company operations and the companies. It was found that although there are skeletal procedural principles currently in force in the area, a well-developed statutory procedure governing the space has not been enacted leaving the victims largely short-changed and the companies given leeway to escape from the direct consequences of their actions on the socio-ecological structure of the Niger-Delta. A ‘new’ law in the area is therefore advocated.

Ethical Considerations Regarding Financial Incentives in Plastic Surgery-Related Health Research.

Introduction: To recruit enough patients to achieve adequate statistical power in clinical research, investigators often rely on financial incentives. The use of these incentives, however, remains controversial as they may cause patients to overlook risks associated with research participation. This concern is amplified in the context of plastic surgery where aesthetic procedures are often more desirable and are not typically covered by public or private insurance plans. Despite this, the ethical debate regarding the use of incentives has largely been absent from plastic surgery journals; therefore, efforts to summarize the existing literature in the context of plastic surgery are necessary. Methods: A narrative review of the peer-reviewed published literature was performed to identify existing articles pertaining to financial incentives in plastic surgery-related health research. Results: While incentives have the potential to improve sample sizes and promote the recruitment of under-represented patient populations, undue inducement and biased recruitment are possible. At present, there exists a paucity of empirical evidence to substantiate this. Efforts should be taken by investigators and research ethics boards (REBs) to limit the potential negative impacts of monetary compensation. Investigators should place reasonable limits on the value of incentives as well as select models associated with lower risks of undue influence and enrollment bias. When financial remuneration is offered, additional care should be taken by investigators to ensure participants are adequately informed of the risks associated with research participation. Conclusion: Current best practice recommendations suggest that proposals submitted to REBs justify the incentives used. Information regarding incentives should also be included within study consent forms and communicated as part of the informed consent process.

ДЕЯКІ ПИТАННЯ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ЖИТЛОМ ВНУТРІШНЬО ПЕРЕМІЩЕНИХ ОСІБ, ЯКІ ЗАХИЩАЛИ СУВЕРЕНІТЕТ, НЕЗАЛЕЖНІСТЬ ТА ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНУ ЦІЛІСНІСТЬ УКРАЇНИ

The article examines the problems of provision of housing for internally displaced persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took a direct part in the anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its conduct, being directly in the areas of the anti-terrorist operation during its conduct, in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defence, repelling and deterring the armed aggression of the russian federation in Donetsk and Lugansk regions, ensuring their implementation, being directly in the districts and during the implementation of the specified measures. The concept of an internally displaced person is defined. The directions of social security of internally displaced persons are characterized, namely: 1) provision of housing; 2) provision of medical assistance; 3) social welfare of children in matters of education and science; 4) provision of the entire complex of social and administrative services by state bodies; 5) assistance in the return of forced migrants to their place of residence in accordance with state registration; 6) provision of social benefits and social assistance. The group of persons who have the right to receive compensation for obtaining housing is determined. The normative acts regulating the procedure and conditions for providing monetary compensation to internally displaced persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took a direct part in the anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its implementation, being directly in the areas of the anti-terrorist operation during its implementation were analysed. It was concluded that the order and conditions, which determine the mechanism of providing subventions from the state budget to local budgets for payment of monetary compensation for obtaining housing for internally displaced persons who defended the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and took a direct part in the anti-terrorist operation, ensuring its implementation, being directly in the areas of the anti-terrorist operation during its implementation, in the implementation of measures to ensure national security and defence, repelling and deterring the armed aggression of the russian federation in Donetsk and Lugansk regions are imperfect and need to be improved. It is proposed to adopt a law that would approve the procedure and conditions for allocating subventions for providing monetary compensation for housing, since the process of preparing laws is more thorough, and the procedure for adopting a law by the highest collegial body of the legislative power is more democratic than the procedure for adopting by-laws. In this law, it is proposed to clearly define the concept of an authorized public authority and give an interpretation of this term. It is also proposed to normatively regulate the issue of receiving monetary compensation to those persons, whom it is intended to, but was not paid due to the occupation of their settlements after February 24th, 2022. Key words: internally displaced person, anti-terrorist operation, monetary compensation, subvention, right to housing.

Influence of autonomy on performance of employees in Machakos county government, Kenya

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the influence of autonomy on performance of employees in Machakos County Government. This study was guided by Equity theory developed by John Stacey Adams and states that employees weigh their input into a job against the output. A descriptive research design was used because it allowed a systematic and well-ordered description which was reliable, accurate as well as valid. The target population of 520 was constituting of top level, middle level and lower level employees of Machakos County government. To achieve the objective a sample of 156 respondents was drawn from the population. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument for data collection. The data was analyzed using the STATA version 17, by use of both descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used. Regression model was used to estimate coefficient of the variable in the objective. The study concluded that there was a strong relationship between employee autonomy and performance. This implies that a higher percentage of employees require independence to perform better in line with organizational expectations. The results showed that autonomy as a non-monetary incentive influences employee performance. Based on the findings, the study recommends that employers to capitalize on non monetary benefits by giving their employees room for autonomy and also Kenya's government to institute labor rules prioritizing on workers' autonomy inside their firms over monetary compensation.

The Alien Tort Statute of 1789 is no longer available to foreigners toclaim for wrongdoings on foreign soil

The Alien Tort Statute (“ATS”) of 1789 was part of the first law to be enacted by the First Congress of the USA. Its original purpose was primarily to remedy harms suffered by aliens at the hands of US citizens. For two centuries it remained dormant. Then it became a vehicle to advance human rights. Sosa v Humberto Alvarez-Machain 542 US 692 (2004) was the first of four ATS cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum Co 569 US 108 (2013) followed and with it, the court limited the application of the ATS. It coined the term “touch and concern” whereby only those with a nexus with the US could pursue grievances. It also enforced the principle of extraterritoriality. Jesner v Arab Bank, PLC 584 US ___ (2018); 138 S Ct 1386 (2018) brought further clarity by imposing clear limits on which parties may be defendants in ATS cases. Nestlé USA, Inc v John Doe I; Cargill, Inc v John Doe I 593 US ___ (2021); 141 S Ct 1931 (2021) precluded future cases of human rights abuses against corporations when allegations can only be made that general corporate decision-making occurred in the US. In future, plaintiffs will have to establish a strong domestic nexus with the US for a claim under the ATS to be successful. Eventually the statute lost its attractiveness for foreign plaintiffs wanting to settle in US courts human rights scores committed in foreign places. Yet some aggrieved Namibians tried to pursue a case against Germany in an attempt to extricate monetary compensation from the former colonial power as restitutional compensation on the basis of the provisions in the ATS. Their attempts failed. Compensation for German atrocities committed during the colonial era in German South West Africa was pursued by the Namibian government outside of the courts. This article illustrates that, at the hand of decisions by the highest court in the US involving particular groups of foreigners, legal avenues using the ATS as a basis have now been closed.

What Can Be Learned about Predatory Journals from a Failed Study? Possible Motivations behind Predatory Journals

Predatory journals, with low standards of publication, means flawed or fraudulent research can compromise future research. Often called ‘predatory’ or ‘deceptive’ publishers, both these terms have an implication that the editors and publishers behind them have a motivation to deceive or con authors. However, the motivations remain an assumption because little is known about the individuals behind these journals. This research intended to use qualitative, in-depth interviews to find out more about the individuals behind predatory journals. By engaging with them directly, we hoped to gain an understanding of how they see themselves in the publishing landscape, what value they add and how they achieve these aims. Emails received by the authors were mined for contact information of suspected predatory journals. Over the course of a year, 2552 emails were sent inviting respondents to an interview, for which there would be a small monetary compensation. Despite sending 2552 emails, only three responses were received, and all three did not schedule an interview when prompted. Two of the three requested that a translator be present. A significant percentage of the emails (36.2 per cent) bounced back, indicating the contact information was not valid. While the information gained was limited, it would appear many are aware of the dubious nature of their journal and do not wish further scrutiny by being contacted. Others may lack the English-language skills necessary to be engaged in basic written communication, let alone the more complex language and grammar of scientific publishing.

Elektronska komunikacija u porodičnoj medicini

Traditional communication between physicians and patients consists of verbal and non-verbal communication. Non-verbal communication can emphasize, modify, or supplement a message that is verbally conveyed and reduce the possibility of misunderstanding. Web applications offer the ability to communicate with physicians and patients outside the healthcare facility. E-mail communication of the selected physician and patient is defined as electronic communication of doctors and patients in a contractual relationship in which the health information provider bears responsibility for the patient's health as his or her chosen physician. A literature review was conducted based on European and American studies reports to determine whether the use of electronic communication in family medicine could contribute to improving the quality of health care. The search for PUBMED, BMJ, JMIR and OVID was performed using the terms: electronic communication, family medicine, email, physician, patient. The most important benefits of electronic communication in family medicine are the simplicity and increased efficiency of communication, the expansion of resources and the ability to communicate, saving time and the ability to print electronic messages. The disadvantages lie in the potential compromise of confidentiality, the lack of monetary compensation and overload of the doctors, the potential for miscommunication, diagnostic error and unrealistic user expectations. Information technology must not replace traditional physician-patient communication. Although the results of the available studies have not provided strong enough evidence to broaden the introduction of electronic communications into everyday practice, adhering to the guidelines of good clinical practice, email and other forms of internet communication could contribute to improving the quality of primary care.

Partners with Benefits: When Multinational Corporations Succeed in Authoritarian Courts

AbstractScholars often assume that courts in authoritarian regimes cannot credibly protect foreign investors’ interests because these institutions lack judicial independence. In this article, we construct a novel data set on multinational corporations’ litigation activities in Chinese courts from 2002 to 2017. This supports the first systematic case-level analysis of foreign firms’ lawsuit outcomes in an authoritarian judiciary. We find that foreign companies frequently engage in litigation in authoritarian courts. Moreover, we theoretically and empirically distinguish between two types of government–business ties in terms of their effectiveness in incentivizing the host state to protect foreign investors’ interests. We argue that ad hoc, personal political connections deliver only trivial lawsuit success for multinational enterprises, while formal corporate partnerships with regime insiders can lead the state to structurally internalize foreign investors’ interests. In particular, we demonstrate that joint venture partnerships with state-owned enterprises help foreign firms obtain more substantial monetary compensation than other types of multinational enterprises. By contrast, the personal political connections of foreign firms’ board members do not foster meaningful judicial favoritism. These findings are robust to tests of alternative implications, matching procedures, and subsample robustness checks. This article advances our understanding of multinational corporations’ political risk in host countries, government–business relations, and authoritarian judicial institutions.