Business Participation in Regulation: A Multifocal Perspective on Management Studies

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: van den Broek, Onna Malou; Schrempf-Stirling, Judith; de Bakker, Frank; Kourula, Arno
• 署名单位: Copenhagen Business School; IESEG School of Management; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Universite de Lille; CNRS - Institute for Humanities & Social Sciences (INSHS); University of Amsterdam
• 刊物名称: REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1748-5983; 1748-5991
• DOI: 10.1111/rego.70110
• 发表日期: 2025-12-21
• 关键词: corporate political activity; STAKEHOLDER INITIATIVES; SOCIAL-RESPONSIBILITY; GOVERNMENT; DYNAMICS; RIGHTS; POWER; LABOR; RISK; sustainability

摘要

This paper conceptualizes how regulation is viewed in management studies in the context of business participation in regulation and explores its implications. We theorize six lenses through which management studies understand regulation: as competitive advantages, boundaries, forums, principles, systems, and cognitive frames. These partly overlapping lenses reveal distinct theoretical approaches to the motivations, strategies, and regulatory outcomes of business participation in regulation. Together, they enable multifocality, offering a more nuanced and comprehensive study of business participation in regulation across different levels of analysis. Building on these insights, we show how different lenses and embracing multifocality strengthen the relevance of management studies for regulation and governance scholarship, particularly in unraveling the evolving relationship between business and regulation. Our paper thus contributes to better mobilizing and integrating management studies into the broader interdisciplinary discourse on regulation and governance.