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The main drawback of the public-policy contest is that the notion of contest success function, a crucial component of the contest model, does not have micro-foundations and, therefore, the random behavior of the government seems ad-hoc.
Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan
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Political Signaling via Equity Ownership: Impacts on Supplier Financial Performance
Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study offers a new application of signaling theory to better understand the role of equity linkages and political influence on buyer–supplier relationships (BSRs). We examine the signaling effects of a politician's personal equity investment in a buyer firm on the financial performance of the supplier firms located in the politician's ...
Wenming Wang +3 more
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Aquafed - another pressure group for private water [PDF]
, 2006 An analysis of the new private water lobby group, Aquafed, and the other forms of lobbying and pressure used by the private water ...
Hall, David, Hoedeman, Olivier
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Sounds Sweet: Sound Reduplication in Brand Names Enhances Sweet Taste Expectations
Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The association between brand name sounds and taste perception is an emerging area of interest in marketing research. This study aims to demonstrate the role of sound‐evoked cuteness in the expectation of sweet taste. Across seven studies (including two supplementary studies), our findings revealed that sound reduplication in brand names is ...
Kosuke Motoki +2 more
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Determinants of corporate lobbying intensity in the lease standard-setting process
Revista de Contabilidad: Spanish Accounting Review, 2016 The highly controversial lease standard-setting project that will replace the standards currently in place, establishes a new approach that includes the recognition of all assets and liabilities associated with lease contracts on the balance sheet ...
Lucía Mellado, Laura Parte
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Lobbying contests with endogenous policy proposals [PDF]
Lobbyists choose what to lobby for. If they can precommit to certain policy proposals, their choice will have an influence on the behavior of opposing lobbyists.
Münster, Johannes
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Submission to standards committee consultation on lobbying the Scottish Parliament, 28 February [PDF]
, 2001 The Stirling Media Research Institute has been engaged in an ongoing programme of research into the public relations and lobbying industry in Scotland, the UK and Europe since 1996 . We have been encouraged by the Standards Committee's recognition of the
Dinan, W. +2 more
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Back to the Mission. Revisiting Slack in Nonprofits and Introducing Tappable Slack
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to and develops the previous literature on excess resources (“slack”) in nonprofit organizations through a conceptual analysis of the implications that the organizational distinctiveness of nonprofits carries for our understanding of slack in these organizations.
Marta Reuter +2 more
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Lobbying Activities of Multinational Firms [PDF]
This paper investigates if multinationals in.uence the political process through lobbying more effectively than national firms. First, I introduce a model which contrasts a multinational’s incentives for lobbying with those of a national firm.
Andreas Polk
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Establishing Reciprocity as A Dimension of Nonprofit Entrepreneurial Orientation
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study introduces and characterizes reciprocity as a distinct sixth dimension of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) within nonprofit organizations (NPOs), specifically Brazilian Medical Associations (BMAs). Through a qualitative exploratory study using 16 BMAs as units of analysis and data from 11 in‐depth interviews with nonprofit sector ...
Fabricio Martins Lacerda +2 more
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