The Governance Challenges of Corporate Political Activity

Business and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-387

  Dahan, Nicolas M ^a,b   Hadani, Michael ^c   Schuler, Douglas A ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c St Mary's College of CA   (United States)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizens United; codes of ethical lobbying practice; corporate governance; corporate political activity; governance dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883310178     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650313491470     Document Type: Article

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