Lobbying

One of the linchpins of democratic accountability runs through service quality. Because citizens are sensitive to the quality of basic services, they can translate (dis)satisfaction into assessments of incumbent politicians. Yet, although previous …

This study attempts to explain successive changes in industrial leadership in IT services by employing the catch-up cycle theory developed by Lee and Malerba (Res Policy 46(2):338–351, 2017). A catch-up cycle was observed in which leadership have …

This paper scrutinizes the role of Turkish politicians’ threat perception on negative descriptions of Armenians between 1960 and 1980. In so doing, it brings together the theoretical insights of group position theory with the scholarship on the …

This paper seeks to understand the structure of corporate networks in the period following the dissolution of Deutschland AG (“Germany Inc.”). For this purpose, affiliation networks among chief executive officers (CEOs) that are based on common …

Reflective practice, most simply, is thinking about what one does professionally, how one does it, and what one can learn from experience. It is commonly found in a diverse range of disciplinary fields, including education, nursing, and social …

Experts and media outlets have noted the recent growth of the African space industry. However, the continent’s production and utilisation of space science, technology and services remain amongst the lowest in the world. The African Union (‘AU’) …

This research will view the role of institutionsInstitutions from the theoretical lenses of historical and sociological institutionalismSociological institutionalism. Linking the historical and sociological, on one hand, the aim is to understand …

This chapter introduces an original critical IPE (International Political Economy) theoretical framework in the analysis of the EU interest groups’ lobbying. First, it offers a review of the literature on the EU post-crisis financial regulation …