Purpose Firms influence a government to their advantage in one of two ways: either through lobbying a government to … effect of lobbying is more pronounced in politically durable countries where firms can secure their vested benefits by … lobbying. Originality/value The paper contributes to the corporate political activities literature by investigating the …

Purpose – The central question in this article is: do recurring types of corporate lobbying strategies exist (in the … same way as for generic strategies, for example)? The objective of this research is to define a typology of lobbying … country‐specific. Design/methodology/approach – An empirical study examined 679 lobbying campaigns (also known as “political …

Purpose – This study aims to investigate how corporate lobbying affects the relationship between collaboration networks … particular, using data from 291 US pharmaceutical firms, the authors study the moderating effects of corporate lobbying on the … relationship between collaboration networks and firm innovativeness. Findings – The results show that corporate lobbying moderates …