Gaining access by doing Good: The effect of sociopolitical reputation on firm participation in public policy making

Management Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1989-2011

  Werner, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility; Nonmarket Strategy; Reputation; Resource Dependency

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); DECISION MAKING PROCESS; NON-MARKET STRATEGY; POLITICAL ACTIVITY; POLITICAL BENEFITS; PUBLIC POLICY MAKERS; REPUTATION; RESOURCE DEPENDENCIES;

PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 84938651570     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2014.2092     Document Type: Article

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