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215 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,985 Political Influence and Corporate Strategies papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • The paper identifies a gap in understanding how interests matter for knowledge. It highlights the need to clarify the relationship between interests and knowledge.

    How do interests matter? · 2026 · DOI

  • The study is based on a single case study, - The sample size is limited to 45 faculty members, - Alternative readings of the revision cannot be excluded

    Electoral incentives when the stakes are low: a case study from an economics department · 2026 · DOI

  • Further research could investigate the role of transparency in limiting targeted redistribution, - Studies could examine the balance between broadly shared benefits and policies targeted toward specific constituencies in different institutional environments

    Electoral incentives when the stakes are low: a case study from an economics department · 2026 · DOI

  • More broadly, while the state capture has been studied in some developing contexts, the Colombian case remains underexplored and constrained by limited empirical evidence.

    Lobbying and Corruption in the Colombian Congress: A Preliminary Exploration · 2026 · DOI

  • Although prior work has examined the business sector, few studies have focused on how its organizations engage in lobbying and corruption practices, or on the consequences for democracy.

    Lobbying and Corruption in the Colombian Congress: A Preliminary Exploration · 2026 · DOI

  • Conversely, for non-communicating firms, the effect is limited to the relationship between individual CPA and R&D investment.

    Corporate political action and R&D investments: complementary effects and the role of communication in overcoming ex-post transaction costs · 2024 · DOI

  • However, little is known about how firm-specific political uncertainty is related to corporate risk-taking.

    Firm-level political uncertainty, corporate lobbying and risk-taking · 2024 · DOI

  • The literature remains inconclusive on the status of litigation as a tool of advocacy for organized interests. There is a lack of studies on litigation activity among organized interests in Germany.

    Litigation: a strategy of advocacy? Evidence from a survey among organized interests in Germany · 2026 · DOI

  • The data confirm the observation made elsewhere that ‘organizations vary widely in their inclination to litigate’ (Schlozman and Tierney 1986, p. common law system and to firms as understudied actors of legal mobi- lization.

    Litigation: a strategy of advocacy? Evidence from a survey among organized interests in Germany · 2026 · DOI

  • Accessing key decision-makers in national capitals can be challenging. The rotating leadership system can create uncertainty for interest groups. The lack of transparency in lobbying activities can make it difficult to study interest group behavior.

    Lobbying and rotating leadership · 2026 · DOI

  • The coefficient capturing the effect of increased lobbying activity may be unrealistically large. The analysis is limited to the European Union. The paper does not account for other factors that may influence economic activity.

    Lobbying and rotating leadership · 2026 · DOI

  • The existing experimental work on the topic comes to mixed conclusions regarding the effect of outside lobbying on public opinion. There is a lack of studies that investigate the mechanism linking outside lobbying and public opinion.

    Can interest groups shape public opinion? Experimental evidence from Germany and the UK · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the literature on the allocation of public funding to interest organizations during times of crisis. The research notes that prior studies have not fully explored the role of lobbying and organizational needs in securing public funding.

    Public funding of interest organizations during the Covid-19 crisis: rewarding need or rent-seeking? · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies the challenge of understanding the complex role of interest groups in shaping policy. It highlights the need to examine the ways in which interest groups influence policy and the implications of this influence.

    A Renaissance in State Interest Group Studies · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should continue to explore the role of interest groups in state politics. It should examine the ways in which interest groups influence policy and the implications of this influence.

    A Renaissance in State Interest Group Studies · 2026 · DOI

  • The sphere of self-organised participation is underexplored in research. Non-institutional politics is gaining increasing prominence in democratic systems.

    Strategies “for” versus strategies “against”. The influence of rural residents on the planning of locally desired and undesired investments · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of military business networks in emerging-market democracies. The research aims to address the question of whether security-affiliated directors reflect political patronage or institutionally embedded network structures.

    Beyond political patronage institutional persistence of military business networks in an emerging market · 2026 · DOI

  • The study faced challenges in collecting data due to the lack of official records on the policymaking process. The study had to rely on a questionnaire survey to collect data.

    Administrative Expertise and Policy Agenda Setting: Evidence from PhD-holding Government Officials Responsible for Science and Technology Policy in Japan · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research can investigate the generalizability of the study's findings to other contexts. Future research can examine the impact of PhD-holding officials on policy implementation.

    Administrative Expertise and Policy Agenda Setting: Evidence from PhD-holding Government Officials Responsible for Science and Technology Policy in Japan · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the understanding of the formation and impact of advocacy coalitions within Brazilian fiscal policy. The research highlights the need for a new approach to understanding the complex relationships between actors in the policy subsystem.

    Analyzing Advocacy Coalitions in Brazilian Fiscal Policy: a Value-Focused Thinking and Cognitive Mapping Approach · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could examine the implications of the study's findings for firms and organizations that hire lobbyists. Further research could investigate the role of other factors, such as lobbying firm characteristics, in influencing the value of lobbyists' connections and expertise. The study's findings could be used to inform the development of new strategies for effective lobbying.

    When do connections outweigh expertise? Issue-domain resource dependence and the value of lobbyists · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies a gap in the literature on the value of lobbyists' connections and expertise. Prior work has not fully examined how differences across issue domains influence the value of lobbyists' connections and expertise. The study seeks to address this gap by using a resource-dependence framework to examine the value of lobbyists' connections and expertise.

    When do connections outweigh expertise? Issue-domain resource dependence and the value of lobbyists · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of understanding of how think tanks respond to political crises and social transformation. The need to develop the concept of intellectual infrastructure. The gap in knowledge about the concentration of intellectual authority in middle-income countries.

    Think Tanks and Political Crises in Chile, 2011–2022; or, The Crystallization of the Intellectual Infrastructure in a Middle-Income Country · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigating the impact of female executives on political risk in other countries - Examining the relationship between female executives and political risk in different industries - Analyzing the effect of female executives on firm performance in corrupt environments

    How Do Female Executives Handle Political Risk? · 2026 · DOI

  • Existing work is largely silent on how executive gender influences the management of political risk. The omission of executive gender in the study of political risk is important because political risk differs from standard business risk in ways that impact gender-based differences in decision-making.

    How Do Female Executives Handle Political Risk? · 2026 · DOI

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