John L Boies
Biographic Data
| ID | 302090 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John L Boies |
| GIVEN NAMES | John L |
| FAMILY NAME | Boies |
| SIGNATURE | BOIES J L |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Census Bureau |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Capital Dependence, Business Political Behavior, and Change to the Multilayered Subsidiary Form
In response to economic globalization and uncertainty, big business mobilized politically in the 1970s and 1980s and state managers set up neoliberal economic policies that restructured the institutional arrangements in which corporations are embedded. This article examines why corporations change or do not change their form during a period of economic uncertainty (1981–1993). Using a sample of the 100 largest U.S. industrial parent companies, we…
Buying for Armageddon
What role do economic and business interests play in decisions about U.S. weapons systems? Many scholars argue that the U.S. federal government is an autonomous entity, not significantly influenced by social and economic processes outside of state organizations. In this first study to examine highly disaggregated military expenditures, John Boies demonstrates otherwise. In his study of spending between 1962 and 1987 on nine categories of procurem…
Money, Business, and the State
This paper uses data from the Federal Elections Commission on political action committees, sponsored by Fortune 500 industrials in 1976 and 1980, to examine the determinants of business PAC size. Of the five groups of variables suggested by the extant PAC literature-availability of resources, free rider problems, material interests, previous campaign activity, and industry categories-just the measures of material interests have consistent and imp…
Money, Business, and the State
This paper uses data from the Federal Elections Commission on political action committees, sponsored by Fortune 500 industrials in 1976 and 1980, to examine the determinants of business PAC size. Of the five groups of variables suggested by the extant PAC literature-availability of resources, free rider problems, material interests, previous campaign activity, and industry categories-just the measures of material interests have consistent and imp…
Capital Dependence, Business Political Behavior, and Change to the Multilayered Subsidiary Form
In response to economic globalization and uncertainty, big business mobilized politically in the 1970s and 1980s and state managers set up neoliberal economic policies that restructured the institutional arrangements in which corporations are embedded. This article examines why corporations change or do not change their form during a period of economic uncertainty (1981–1993). Using a sample of the 100 largest U.S. industrial parent companies, we…
Money, Business, and the State
This paper uses data from the Federal Elections Commission on political action committees, sponsored by Fortune 500 industrials in 1976 and 1980, to examine the determinants of business PAC size. Of the five groups of variables suggested by the extant PAC literature-availability of resources, free rider problems, material interests, previous campaign activity, and industry categories-just the measures of material interests have consistent and imp…
Buying for Armageddon
What role do economic and business interests play in decisions about U.S. weapons systems? Many scholars argue that the U.S. federal government is an autonomous entity, not significantly influenced by social and economic processes outside of state organizations. In this first study to examine highly disaggregated military expenditures, John Boies demonstrates otherwise. In his study of spending between 1962 and 1987 on nine categories of procurem…
Capital Dependence, Business Political Behavior, and Change to the Multilayered Subsidiary Form
In response to economic globalization and uncertainty, big business mobilized politically in the 1970s and 1980s and state managers set up neoliberal economic policies that restructured the institutional arrangements in which corporations are embedded. This article examines why corporations change or do not change their form during a period of economic uncertainty (1981–1993). Using a sample of the 100 largest U.S. industrial parent companies, we…
Economics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work) · Aeronautics (1 work) · Aerospace Engineering (1 work) · Aerospace Engineering (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work)