Corporate political strategies and firm performance: Indications of firm-specific benefits from personal service in the U.S. government

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-81

  Hillman, Amy J ^a   Zardkoohi, Asghar ^b   Bierman, Leonard ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event studies; Financial performance; Government linkages; Political strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001853959     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199901)20:1<67::AID-SMJ22>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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