Corporate political strategy and foreign competition: the case of the steel industry

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An underplayed topic in the strategic management literature is firms' use of political strategies, such as lobbying the government for trade protection. This study developed and tested a simple model examining the magnitude, scope, and timing of U.S. steel firms' use of political strategies to address U.S. trade policy. The findings showed that the industry's largest firms dominated the politics surrounding trade protection in order to capture expected benefits from trade protection or to postpone high downsizing costs. Firms engaged in certain political strategies not when import competition was the greatest but when domestic demand was weak. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Iron and Steel Mills, Administration of General Economic Programs, Blast furnaces and steel mills, Trade Relations, Coke Ovens & Blast Furnaces, International economic relations, Steel industry, Trade policy, International competition (Commerce), International competition (Economics), Commercial policy, Steel mills

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Leaders, followers, and free riders: an empirical test of variation in corporate political involvement

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This study extended previous empirical work on corporate political activity by examining corporate involvement with the U.S. International Trade Commission. Our findings suggest that organizational slack is an important determinant of corporate political strategy and that the presence of a large number of politically inactive firms in an industry does not deter other firms from becoming politically active. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Admin. of general economic programs, Research, Political participation, United States. International Trade Commission. Trade Remedy Assistance Office

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How governments matter to new industry creation

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The opportunities and challenges for governments and innovating firms operating within countries that display national political structures is presented. The relative strength of state institutions that compromise government policies and firms' innovation strategies is emphasized.

United States, Evaluation, Government regulations, New business enterprises, Startups

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