Addressing the cross-boundary missing link between corporate political activities and firm competencies: The mediating role of institutional capital |
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| Authors: | Yu Gao Zhuoer Yang Kuo-Feng Huang Shanxing Gao Wei Yang |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 74 West Yanta Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, China;2. School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China;3. Department of Business Administration, National Chengchi University, No. 64, Sec. 2, Zhi-Nan Road, Wenshan, Taipei, 116, Taiwan;4. School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 28 West Xianning Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China;5. School of Automobile, Chang’an University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710049, China |
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| Abstract: | This study examines the mediating effect of institutional capital on the relationship between corporate political activities (CPA) and firm competencies. By adopting an institutional perspective, we identify the influence of a firm’s relational CPA and participation CPA, and its two types of institutional capitals, formal institutional capital (FIC) and informal institutional capital (IIC), on the firm’s competencies. Based on survey data from multi-informants in 303 Chinese firms, our results suggest that firms’ institutional capital (IIC/FIC) partially/fully mediates the relationship between CPA and firm competencies. The findings provide the evidence that how nonmarket strategy, such as corporate political activities, affects a firm’s institutional capital and then its competencies. |
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| Keywords: | Corporate political activity Institutional capital Internal capability |
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