Aligning to disadvantage
How corporate political activity and strategic homophily create path dependence in the firm
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 9890785 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Andrew Perchard (0000-0003-3227-6485, University of Wolverhampton, autor de correspondencia), Norman Mackenzie (0000-0003-3769-7086, University of Glasgow), Niall G Mackenzie |
| Año | 2021 |
| Volumen | 74 |
| Número | 7 |
| Páginas | 978-1006 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Human Relations (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0018726720908923 |
| OpenAlex | W3009682930 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 16 |
| Referencias citadas | 64 |
To what extent should firms get close to government for competitive advantage? What happens if they get too close? In this article we explore how corporate political activity inculcated strategic homophily in leading UK aluminium producer, the British Aluminium Company Ltd, resulting in its path dependence and eventual lock-in. The article makes three main contributions: a longitudinal study of corporate political activity and strategic homophily revealing their organizational manifestations and detailed understanding of certain mechanisms of path dependence; articulating the value of historical methods and perspectives to exploring organizational path dependence; and exploring the impact that prolonged business-government relations can have on the organizational behaviour and strategic outlook of the firm with implications for TMT selection and environmental scanning. In so doing it responds to calls for firms to align market positions with political activity, as well as those for the recognition of the value of business history in better understanding the links between corporate political activity and firm performance. It further elucidates the longer-term consequences of strategic homophily, which has to date focused on the early stages of venture formation
Business · Disadvantage · Economics · Government (linguistics · Homophily · Organizational culture · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Corporate Finance and Governance · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Law · Marketing · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Business Groups, Business Interest Associations and Co-operatives
Unlocking dynamic capabilities in the Scotch whisky industry, 1945–present
Structural Cohesion, Role Equivalence, or Homophily
Business-government relations and national economic models
The touch of history
Litigation and Lobbying in Support of the Marque
Business as service? Human Relations and the British interwar management movement
British business-government relationships
Foreign direct investment policy, multinationals, and subsidiary entrepreneurship success and failure in post-war Scotland
Institutional biography and the institutionalization of a new organizational template
Taking stock and moving forward
Monopolist logic? Managing technology in the telecom sector during technological and regulatory change
Working behind the scenes
Essential yet evasive
Industry dynamics and trade association power
Victory through conquest in 1960’s Brazil
The State as a Historical Construct in Organization Studies
Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy
Corporate Political Activity
Politicians on the Board of Directors
Longitudinal Field Research on Change
Conceptualizing Historical Organization Studies
Organizational Path Dependence
Resource Dependence Theory
Process Studies of Change in Organization and Management
A Review of the Nonmarket Strategy Literature
Corporate Political Activity
The Network Paradigm in Organizational Research
Constructing mystery
Research Strategies for Organizational History
Corporate Political Strategy Formulation
Building Theories from Case Study Research
The Profession and Vocation of Politics
This Thing Called Goodwill
History as a Mode of Inquiry in Organizational Life
Ethnic discrimination during résumé screening
The antecedents of a ‘chilly climate’ for women faculty in higher education
Social Power, Social Status and Perceptual Similarity of Workplace Victimization
Political ideology and the discursive construction of the multinational hotel industry
Friendship by assignment? From formal interdependence to informal relations in organizations
R&D and Competition in England and the United States
Creating Market Failure
The Administrative Staff College
Clio in the business school
Emotion, succession, and the family firm
The Structure of Founding Teams
The silence of the archives
Homophily in Voluntary Organizations
Increasing Returns, Path Dependence, and the Study of Politics
Elite Business Networks and the Field of Power
Birds of a Feather
| Obras citantes distintas | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 3,2 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 16 |