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JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12859
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corporate political activity; nonmarket strategy; political institutions; political risk; populism
This article introduces the implications of populism for nonmarket strategies and proposes a framework for theorizing effective strategies under populism. The framework anchors the political risk profile of populism in three elements: anti-establishment ideology, de-institutionalization, and short-term policy bias. The analysis also shows how firms can mitigate populism-related risks by adjusting political ties and corporate social responsibility.
Although recognized as a defining feature of the current political era, populism and its implications for non-market strategy remain undertheorized. We offer a framework that (a) conceptualizes populism and its progression over time; (b) outlines the risks populism generates for firms; and (c) theorizes effective nonmarket strategies under populism. Our framework anchors the political risk profile of populism in three interdependent elements: anti-establishment ideology, de-institutionalization, and short-term policy bias. These elements jointly shape the policymaking dynamics and institutional risks for firms under populism. Our analysis shows how firms can calibrate two nonmarket strategies - political ties and corporate social responsibility - to mitigate populism-related risks. We specify how particular configurations of political ties and CSR activities, aimed at the populist leadership, bureaucrats, political opposition, and societal stakeholders, minimize risk under populism. Further, we theorize how the effectiveness of specific attributes of political ties and CSR - namely their relative covertness (more vs. less concealed) and their relative focus (narrowly vs. widely targeted) - varies as a function of firm type (insiders vs. outsiders) and the probability of populist regime collapse. Finally, we address how motivated reasoning may bias firms' assessments of regime fragility and resulting strategy choices.
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