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Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

Political Influence and Corporate Strategies is a research topic within Strategy and Management. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 40.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of political connections on business strategies, including corporate lobbying, interest group influence, and the relationship between political ties and firm performance. It delves into topics such as regulatory influence, campaign contributions, and government relations in the context of financial markets and corporate governance.

  • Political Connections
  • Corporate Lobbying
  • Interest Groups
  • Firm Performance
  • Regulatory Influence
  • Campaign Contributions
  • Government Relations
  • Business Strategy
  • Financial Market
  • Corporate Governance
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
40.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Political Influence and Corporate Strategies research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (694 and 383 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 694 works
  2. 2 Germany 383 works
  3. 3 China 236 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 180 works
  5. 5 Netherlands 92 works
  6. 6 Canada 76 works
  7. 7 Switzerland 69 works
  8. 8 Italy 66 works
  9. 9 Belgium 61 works
  10. 10 Spain 59 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 36.3%Germany: 20.0%China: 12.3%United Kingdom: 9.4%6 others listed: 22.0%36%largest
United States694 · 36.3%Germany383 · 20.0%China236 · 12.3%United Kingdom180 · 9.4%6 others listed422 · 22.0%

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Which institutions lead Political Influence and Corporate Strategies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Leiden University publishes the most Political Influence and Corporate Strategies research, followed by University of Amsterdam and Aarhus University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 20 works
  2. 2 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 16 works
  3. 3 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 15 works
  4. 4 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 15 works
  5. 5 University of AntwerpBelgium 14 works
  6. 6 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 13 works
  7. 7 University of KonstanzGermany 13 works
  8. 8 University of ZurichSwitzerland 12 works
  9. 9 University of OsloNorway 12 works
  10. 10 University of ViennaAustria 12 works

Where is Political Influence and Corporate Strategies research done?

The largest centres of Political Influence and Corporate Strategies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Berlin (Germany) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Leiden.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 56 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 48 works
  3. 3 Berlin Germany 43 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 28 works
  5. 5 Munich Germany 27 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 27 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 27 works
  8. 8 Vienna Austria 27 works
  9. 9 New York United States 26 works
  10. 10 Amsterdam Netherlands 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LeidenNL · 20.9 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Political Influence and Corporate Strategies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Political Influence and Corporate Strategies?

Among universities, judged by research, Leiden University, University of Antwerp and University of Amsterdam score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 47.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Leiden University: 20, 46.6%University of Antwerp: 14, 46.1%University of Amsterdam: 16, 36.2%Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: 13, 55.2%University of Vienna: 12, 52.6%Tampere University: 11, 65.1%University of Oslo: 12, 42.7%Aarhus University: 15, 50.8%University of Duisburg-Essen: 15, 33.6%University of Konstanz: 13, 42.9%Ludwig-Maximilians-U…Leiden UniversityUniversity of AntwerpUniversity of Amster…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 73.946.6%23.0×20 +15.6%
2 University of AntwerpBelgium 69.646.1%18.2×14 +48.3%
3 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 67.236.2%12.1×16 +64.5%
4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 67.055.2%7.9×13 +83.9%
5 University of ViennaAustria 65.552.6%9.1×12 +52.2%
6 Tampere UniversityFinland 65.065.1%14.3×11 -27.9%
7 University of OsloNorway 62.342.7%9.3×12 +62.7%
8 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 62.250.8%8.0×15 -16.0%
9 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 61.333.6%17.8×15 +125.7%
10 University of KonstanzGermany 59.642.9%36.6×13 +5.6%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Political Influence and Corporate Strategies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Political Influence and Corporate Strategies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.