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There are many ways to create corporate political connections (CPCs). These links can be focused on direct political connections, i.e., relations between present or former top managers, employees, or investors and politicians with present or past political activities, or on indirect political connections such as campaign contributions and lobbying activity.
The concept is a brand new term in management literature in recent years. Since there is no fit-for-all definition for the concept, it can be associated either with negative consequences for the corporation or for the society (e.g., high levels of corruption; damages to minority shareholders; destruction of the firm value) or with positive...
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Bianchi, T., Viana, R.C., Castelo, B.M. (2013). Corporate Political Connections. In: Idowu, S.O., Capaldi, N., Zu, L., Gupta, A.D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28036-8_702
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