How can managers successfully access political rents by way of corporate political strategies (CPA)? Existing research has suggested several endogenous factors that correlate with CPA outcomes. I offer a more robust solution ...

In this thesis, we analyze how a progressive business elite created the civil society organization Rede Nossa São Paulo (RNSP), achieving significant institutional changes, thus enabling the elite’s consolidation in the ...

Corporate Political Activity (CPA) is the research agenda that investigates the firms’ behavior in the nonmarket environment in order to influence decisions and public policies for their own benefit. We argue that firms ...

The literature on multinational corporations argues that a foreign firm can legitimize its activities, improve its reputation in a host country, and reduce the risk of hostile actions by the host government (including ...

The literature on multinational corporations argues that a foreign firm can legitimize its activities, improve its reputation in a host country, and reduce the risk of hostile actions by the host government (including ...

O presente trabalho analisa as interações entre a Responsabilidade Social Corporativa (CSR) e a Atividade Política Corporativa (CPA) quando a reputação é considerada a lógica de conexão, sob a Visão Baseada em Recursos ...

Background In the business literature, the term "corporate political activity" (CPA) refers to the political strategies undertaken by corporations to protect or expend their markets, by influencing, directly or indirectly, ...

The paper analyses the social and environmental issues involved in disputes relating to the sustainability of the palm oil industry. These disputes have been aired in and around the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. We ...

Despite the importance of political strategies for firm survival and performance, there are few studies that focus on what is effectively the process that companies use to formulate and execute these types of strategies. ...