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Foreign Subsidiaries' Government Affairs Activities

The Influence of Managers and Resources

Timothy P. Blumentritt

Marquette University

This article examines the government affairs activities of foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises. The article develops hypotheses founded on resource dependence theory that examine organizational and environmental factors that might influence subsidiary government affairs activities. Primary data were gathered from 91 foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based companies. Results from the empirical tests suggest that subsidiary top managers have a strong influence on the administration of their subsidiaries' government affairs activities.

Key Words: corporate political activity • business-government relations • multinational enterprises • MNE foreign subsidiaries • resource dependence theory

Business & Society, Vol. 42, No. 2, 202-233 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/0007650303042002003
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