Time：March 13th (Thursday) 10am -12noon

Location: Zhifuxuan, National School of Development, Peking U.

Speaker: Zhang Jianjun, associate professor, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University.

 

 

Abstract：

We examine the impact of managerial political connections on corporate donation in China, where the institutional infrastructure for corporate social responsibility is underdeveloped and government is an important initiator of corporate donation. We distinguish two types of managerial political connections and argue that managerial political connections can either facilitate external claims or act as a buffer against them contingent upon contextual institutional factors. We test our framework with a panel data of private-controlled listed firms from 2001 to 2006. We find that firms with ascribed bureaucratic connections of executives are more likely to use their connections as a buffer, particularly in competitive industries; while in monopolized industries such connections are more likely to serve as a facilitator. In contrast, achieved political status is more likely to buffer a firm from the pressure for donation in less market-oriented areas; in monopolized industries it also facilitates donation. Our research contributes to the research on the relationship between managerial political connections and firm donations in specific, and sheds fresh light on the link between institutional environment and firms’ strategic use of political connections in transitional economies in general.

 

 

简介：

张建君副教授于2003年底在美国伯克利加州大学获得社会学博士学位，现任北京大学光华管理学院副教授，北京大学政府管理学院兼职教授，北京大学企业管理案例研究中心副主任，博士生导师。出国前曾在人民日报社工作。他的研究主要集中在民营企业的政治战略、潜规则、领导行为与艺术、传统智慧与现代管理等。5年来在国内外学术期刊上发表10多篇论文，出版英文著作一部，其中多数论文都产生了一定的影响，多次在国际学术会议上报告研究论文。张教授在光华管理学院为工商管理硕士和经理人提供“领导艺术”、“领导力与变革”、“组织设计与组织发展”等课程的教学，受到了学生的广泛欢迎。