Two parallel strands of nonmarket strategy research have emerged largely in isolation. One
strand examines strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR), and the other examines …

Corporate political connections (CPCs)—ties that firms forge with political actors—directly
affect firms, political actors, and various stakeholders in societies. This topic has been …

In 1999, as a freshman at Peking University, I lived on the Changping campus together with
about eight hundred other social sciences and humanities majors. The campus, located on …

This paper provides an analytical review of the social science literature on guanxi. The focus
of this review is on the prevalence and the increasing significance of guanxi during China's …

Who watches over the party-state? In this engaging analysis, Maria Repnikova reveals the
webs of an uneasy partnership between critical journalists and the state in China. More than …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015 More than three decades of economic growth
have led to significant social change in the Peoples Republic of China. This timely book …

Executive Overview Developing and nurturing links with political actors and institutions
constitutes an important component of a firm's overall nonmarket strategy. This paper …

Economic transitions in countries that move from state planning and redistribution to market
exchange create business opportunities but also uncertainty, because many interdependent …

abstract In many countries governments not only regulate business activities, but also
become involved in the corporate governance of individual firms through ownership and …

This paper examines the complex relationship between the embeddedness of multinational
enterprises (MNEs) in host-country political networks and their long-run competitive …