Comparative Research on Corporate Political Behaviour

Abstract

Despite perennial interest in the political role of corporations, scholars remain under-informed about why and how corporate actors participate outside the market place. This lacuna partially stems from the fact that separate research programs have developed around corporate lobbying, political finance, and the politics of corporate social responsibility (CSR). While all of these modes of non‐market activity engage the corporation’s non-market environment, it remains unclear how they relate to each other: How do corporations combine lobbying, party and campaign finance, and normative expectations of corporate citizenship? How do activities in one area affect strategies in the other? And how do these activities and their relationships vary with institutional context? The panel brings together comparative quantitative analyses of business and politics across a wide range of corporate political strategies and political systems. Between them, the individual contributions cover the major forms of corporate non-market behaviour as well as dozens of countries around the world.

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