Hi all,
Our lineup of papers for the PDW on Firm Responses to Populism: Historical Approaches and Lessons for Today at AOM is now set and we would like to invite participants to come join us on Friday, Aug 9 2024 from 2:30PM - 4:00PM CT at the Swissotel, Élevé River View 2! We are looking for interested scholars working on populism, the nexus of politics and business more broadly, or areas such as corporate political activity, nonmarket strategy, corporate social responsibility, and other affiliated areas.
As noted in previous calls for papers, this PDW will look to answer questions such as:
• How did firms adapt their strategies to populist electoral success?
• What sort of policies did populists pursue with regard to business and how were these received?
• What was the level of business support for populism and did this change or alter after electoral success?
• Did different varieties of populism affect business differently? That is, did right-wing or left-wing variants have a specific approach? Can the populism studied in a particular paper be characterized as pro-business or anti-business?
• What channels were affected by populist policies? Talent acquisition, operations, investment, others?
• Did firms become politically involved in resistance to populism? Did they become politically involved in support of populism?
• Were corporate boards or firm leadership aware of the threats from populism and did they discuss the political risk? Was anything done organizationally to mitigate the risk?
• Did populism affect multinational enterprises (MNES) differently than domestic businesses?
• What was the role of institutions in exacerbating or mitigating the effects of populism on business? Were businesses aware of this at the time?
• What was the role of populism in altering, fostering, or reducing trade flows and patterns? How did businesses deal with this?
• What was the role of migration in enhancing or mitigating populism's political success? What role did populism play in influencing migration flows?
We encourage active discussion among all participants and audience members for each paper, with a focus on improving the historical aspects of the papers and prepping them for possible submission to the special issue of Business History Review.
Hope to see you there in Chicago!
Sincerely,
Christopher Hartwell
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Christopher Hartwell
Professor
ZHAW School of Management and Law
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