Corporate political activity is usually operationalized and analyzed as financial contributions
to candidates or political parties through political action committees (PACs). Very little …

Corporate political action committees (PACs) are the focus of much research on corporate
political activity Political scientists, economists, and sociologists have explored the …

Since Mancur Olson's Logic of Collective Action (1965), it is impossible for political scientists
to conceive of political participation without reference to his powerful argument linking …

While the EU takes on an increasingly global regulatory role, we have only a limited
understanding of how or when foreign firms influence EU regulation. Multinational …

In the study of corporate political activity in the United States, scholars have consistently
relied on samples comprised entirely or principally of large firms. While scholars have raised …

Research Summary Although there is growing recognition of the importance of nonmarket
strategies in ensuring favorable outcomes for firms, most of the research on corporate …

Does the cross-border strategic behavior of large firms reflect national differences? There is
uncertainty about the ways in which expanding markets will influence the activities of large …

In multilevel systems, organised interests, including business firms, can pursue their political
goals at different levels. At the same time, national systems of interest representation provide …

Group theorists led by Olson have observed that common interests do not produce collective
action, except under conditions that overcome the free-rider incentive. While collective …

Despite the fact that domestic and foreign corporations, along with trade associations, are
some of the most politically active groups in the United States, earlier research has identified …