Corporate Political Agency: The Construction of Competition in Public Affairs

Mitnick, Barry M.

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“…In concluding, it is worth echoing the calls of Epstein (1980), Mitnick (1993) and Vogel (1996) for greater systematic efforts in analyzing the business-government interface.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Antitrust Holdup Source, Cross-National Institutional Variation, and Corporate Political Strategy Implications for Domestic Mergers in a Global Context

Clougherty

2004

SSRN Journal

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Managers are increasingly uncertain over the source (home-nation or foreignnation) of antitrust holdup for domestic mergers with significant international implications. I propose a conceptual framework that predicts the source of antitrust holdup for domestic mergers. Under idealized institutional assumptions, I find an industry's global competitiveness to be the primary driver behind holdup source: a contention supported by empirical tests based on the merger policies of 27 antitrust jurisdictions over the 1992-2000 period. I also relax the idealized institutional conditions to yield more precise propositions tailored to the cross-national environment for antitrust policy. Finally, I generate prescriptive propositions that yield implications for effective political strategies.

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“…In concluding, it is worth echoing the calls of Epstein (1980), Mitnick (1993) and Vogel (1996) for greater systematic efforts in analyzing the business-government interface.…”

Section: Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, a number of management scholars (Epstein, 1980;Mitnick, 1993;Vogel, 1996) have expressed concern regarding the lack of rigor in the CPS literature. The supporting role of the IO and IPE literatures in this analysis yields a systematic approach that enhances analytical-rigor.…”

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Antitrust Holdup Source, Cross-National Institutional Variation, and Corporate Political Strategy Implications for Domestic Mergers in a Global Context

Clougherty

2004

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“…A vast literature demonstrates the impact of business interest groups on policy making (Schattschneider 1935;Olson 1965;Mitnick 1993). In addition, companies use many different methods of political influence, including political donations, public relations and expert advice, which can yield them many business benefits including corporate influence over government policies, better information and reduced uncertainty (Keim and Zeithaml 1986;Getz 1993;Hillman and Hitt 1999).…”

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector

Frynas

2010

J Bus Ethics

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Copyright and moral rights to this thesis/research project are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners. The work is supplied on the understanding that any use for commercial gain is strictly forbidden. A copy may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial, research or study without prior permission and without charge. Any use of the thesis/research project for private study or research must be properly acknowledged with reference to the work's full bibliographic details.This thesis/research project may not be reproduced in any format or medium, or extensive quotations taken from it, or its content changed in any way, without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s).If you believe that any material held in the repository infringes copyright law, please contact the Repository Team at Middlesex University via the following email address:eprints@mdx.ac.ukThe item will be removed from the repository while any claim is being investigated. Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas SectorProfessor Jędrzej George Frynas Middlesex University Business SchoolThe Burroughs London NW4 4BT United Kingdom AbstractThis article evaluates the potential of the current Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda for addressing issues related to societal governance. The investigation focuses on the experience of the oil and gas sector, which has been among the leading industry sectors in championing CSR. In particular, the article analyses the issue of revenue transparency, which has been the principal governance challenge addressed by multinational oil and gas companies. The article suggests that (1) tackling governance challenges is crucial to addressing the impact of corporate activities; (2) current CSR and policy initiatives are entirely insufficient in addressing governance challenges; and (3) corporate activities may be contributing to governance failures. To be cited as:Frynas, Jedrzej George

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“…how to reduce transitional cost). Agency theory examines the relations in which one party (agent) acts for another (principal), deals with problems derived from agent-principal relationships, and employs strategies the principal to reduce the problems (Eisenhardt, 1989;Keim & Baysinger, 1993;Mitnick, 1993). Agency theory in business public affairs focuses on the agency relationship -the firm as principal and the political decision-maker as agent-and treats the relationship as the product of business political activity.…”

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“…Agency theory in business public affairs focuses on the agency relationship -the firm as principal and the political decision-maker as agent-and treats the relationship as the product of business political activity. Since it is structurally impossible for corporations to make policy decisions, the motivation of having political action is to create agents who act on their behalf and further, to maintain a good agency relationship (Mitnick, 1993).…”

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Little public relations research on government affairs has been conducted. Even less research of this kind has yet been conducted in a non-western context. The purposes of this study were to explore how public relations professionals in multinational corporations (MNCs) in China practice government affairs activities at different levels of Chinese government and to develop a normative theory of strategic government affairs. The model of effective government affairs provides a framework for the development of government affairs programs that reflect long-term strategic management.

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Corporate Political Agency: The Construction of Competition in Public Affairs

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Antitrust Holdup Source, Cross-National Institutional Variation, and Corporate Political Strategy Implications for Domestic Mergers in a Global Context

Antitrust Holdup Source, Cross-National Institutional Variation, and Corporate Political Strategy Implications for Domestic Mergers in a Global Context

Corporate Social Responsibility and Societal Governance: Lessons from Transparency in the Oil and Gas Sector

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