This article presents an in-depth review of scholarship on how mandatory and voluntary
regulatory pressures on firms affect their environmental strategies and performance …

We update the literature on corporate attempts to influence political actors, and thereby
shape their governmental outcomes. Doing so allows us to recognize where the field has …

In nascent industries―whose new technologies are often poorly understood by regulators―
contending with regulatory uncertainty can be crucial to organizational survival and growth …

For nearly two decades, scholars in international business and management have explored
the implications of institutional voids for firm strategy and structure. Although institutional …

Corporate involvement in democratic processes typically takes the form of corporate political
activity (CPA). In this paper, I develop a framework of political corruption to explain the …

Socio‐political issues and environments are becoming more complex and challenging. In
this introduction to the special issue on 'The Management of Socio‐Political Issues and …

The phenomenon of organizations breaking laws and norms in the pursuit of strategic
advantage has received substantial attention in recent years. Such transgressions generally …

Capitalism is characterized by private ownership, coordination through markets, and
decentralized decision-making by buyers and sellers rather than the state. Capitalism is …

This paper examines how a newly established multinational enterprise (MNE) leverages
nonmarket strategy (NMS) to deal with legitimacy problems posed by institutional voids in …

Forming international joint ventures (IJVs) with political institutions in emerging economies
involves both benefits and risks for multinational enterprises (MNEs). While political partners …