When do firms prefer individual action to collective action in the pursuit of corporate political strategy? A new perspective on industry concentration

Business and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Ozer, Mine ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Industry concentration; Political strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549091518     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1234     Document Type: Article

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