knowledge transfer and protection through examining roles of absorptive capacity and appropriability regimes and the interplay … between them. An appropriability regime can play a dual role when external knowledge and the knowledge‐base of the firm form … study provides an empirical examination of the direct and moderating roles of appropriability regime regarding the above …

Abstract Electronic lobbying efforts have become an essential, yet profoundly underutilized strategy of nonprofit … and perceived effectiveness of nonprofit electronic lobbying activities and the communication channels employed for this … activities. The study concludes that state nonprofit associations actively utilize email as an electronic lobbying activity to …

and observation of the developing lobbying industry around the new Scottish Parliament, spanning the period from late 1998 … for news and analyses of issues relating to lobbying at the new Parliament, undertook focus group research to test public …. Originality/value – The paper challenges the assertions that lobbying is misunderstood by elected representatives and that the …

Purpose – Lobbying and lobbyists have for some time been regarded with suspicion and even outright mistrust by …/implications – While it is unrealistic to claim that 60 interviews constitute a fully representative sample of the entire lobbying industry … lobbying industry must engage in more explicitly as to the qualities required by lobbyists. In order to produce a reasonably …

actually perform and what indispensable functions they claim to provide. Findings – The results highlight lobbying, political …