Designing lobbying capabilities: Managerial choices in unpredictable environments
| dc.contributor.author | Lawton, Thomas | - |
| dc.contributor.author | Rajwani, Tazeeb | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-08T10:27:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-08T10:27:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z | - |
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how, in unpredictable policy environments, specific managerial choices play a vital role in designing lobbying capabilities through the choice of levels of investment in human capital, network relationships and structural modification. Methodology/approach - Using an inductive case study approach, data was collected through 42 in- depth, semi-structured interviews and documented archival data. Cross-case pattern sequencing was used to construct an interpretive model of lobbying capability design. Data was framed by the dynamic resource-based theory of the firm. Findings - Heterogeneous lobbying capabilities are adapted differently in private and state-owned airlines as a result of diverse ownership structures and time compositions that interplay with organizational processes. The result is a divergence between private and state-owned airlines in how they engage with governmental actors and policies. Research implications/limitations - We contribute to ongoing discourse in and between the dynamic capabilities and corporate political activity literatures, particularly on how state/non-state owned airlines design their political lobbying capabilities. The research is limited in so far as it only studies the European airline industry. Originality/ value - The paper illustrates how a specific and far-reaching unanticipated external policy stimulus (the 9/11 terrorist attacks) impacted on management choices for lobbying design in the European airline industry. | en_UK |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0955-534X | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09555341111111192 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/5072 | |
| dc.publisher | Emerald Group Publishing Limited | en_UK |
| dc.title | Designing lobbying capabilities: Managerial choices in unpredictable environments | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | - |