What Makes Successful Business Lobbies? Business Associations and the Rentier State in Jordan and Kuwait

Moore, Pete W.

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“…This work builds on the idea that strong states have greater capacity to engage in meaningful development (Soifer and vom Hau 2008) and that elite cohesion is important in the building of state capacity, whereas disunity and factionalism weaken it (Waldner 1999). This work echoes Peter Moore's comparative work on the role of elite cohesion in strengthening state capacity in Jordan and Kuwait (Moore 2001(Moore , 2004Peters and Moore 2009). He argues that elite business associations with strong ties to the state are important variables in creating coherent economic development policies.…”

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“…Considering that scholarship, this research takes a different approach. Building on the balance of power (Khan 2004;Saylor 2012;Hau 2013;Moore 2001;Slater 2010;Waldner 1999;Doner, Ritchie, and Slater 2005) and development network state literature (Block 2008;Block and Keller 2011;O'Riain 2000), it shows that construction of a pocket of efficiency in a politically fractions state relied on a higher degree of agency by mid-level industrialists to create and sustain a coalition to support industrialization. Furthermore, it highlights the concept of sequencing-showing that state capacity for the automobile industry was formed through a dynamic process in which causality went from conflicts to business-state alliances to a pocket of efficiency lodged in the development agencies.…”

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Pockets of Efficiency and the Rise of Iran Auto: Implications for Theories of the Developmental State

Mehri

2015

St Comp Int Dev

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Most theories of the developmental state assume that industrial transformation requires capable and coherent development bureaucracies that are "autonomous"-insulated from particularistic private interests yet benefiting from networks connecting them to relevant private industrial actors. Scholars agree that political factionalism and Islamic institutions have transformed Iran into an economically incoherent and rentseeking predatory state. Iran's success in developing an automobile industry with high local manufacturing content, while becoming the world's 11th largest producer of passenger cars and the fifth largest in the global south, seems to contradict this perspective. This paper offers two contributions to existing theories of the developmental state: First, it shows that nationalists with a project of industrialization can decouple a key set of organizations sufficiently from other parts of the state apparatus to create an effective "pocket of efficiency" within a specific industrial sector. Second, sequencing in the evolution of the state's role may be important in facilitating effective development. Construction of Iran's auto industry resulted from a process of collective action by elite managers within the industry to first establish elite autonomous alliances within the state and then to establish network connections to economic actors outside the state who could help defend the project from opponents.

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Pockets of Efficiency and the Rise of Iran Auto: Implications for Theories of the Developmental State

Mehri

2015

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“…As the authors point out "under certain conditions business associations have contributed to economic development without intending anything more than defense of their members' interests " (278). Other studies have indeed found that collective action can have a positive influence on macroeconomic policy reform Thorp and Durand 1997;Tirado 1998;Moore 2001). In addition, several authors have confirmed a positive effect from associations in reducing corruption and increasing transparency (Heilman and Lucas 1997;Lucas 1997;Nugent and Sukiassyan 2009).…”

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“…Indeed, state officials increasingly prefer to deal with an aggregated voice. Thus good relations between a business association and the government can not only provide legitimacy, but also saves the government from having to canvas individual firms and sectors (Moore 2001). This requires that both the government and the association must recognize the mutual gains to be had from incorporating the association into the policymaking process (Garrity and Picard 1991).…”

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Building Microfinance Associations: Goals, Implementation and Policy Implications

Hudak¹

2011

Nonprofit Policy Forum

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With increasing emphasis being placed on professionalism and a self-sustaining financial model, microfinance institutions are joining forces in national associations. This research explores the stated goals of these associations and the challenges they face in implementation, through content analysis and case studies of Sri Lanka and Nepal. It finds that microfinance associations are not focused solely on representing and advocating for the interests of their members. Rather, this function is often combined or even overshadowed by important capacity building services. In some cases, associations are even filling gaps in formal regulatory oversight. At the same time, they face challenges of institutionalization and heterogeneous membership.Brought to you by | University of Edinburgh Authenticated Download Date | 5/30/15 8:53 PM self-sustaining models. Despite some early pessimism (Adams and VonPischke 1992), MFIs have generally flourished and studies more often than not report how these institutions have maintained their financial self-sufficiency (for example

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“…Similarly important is to understand the interactive games that competitors might play (see Table 2: competitive interactions) to prevent the erosion of mobility barriers or the transfer of competitive resources and capabilities (e.g., Ghemawat, 2005). Another promising area of research could address the question of how firms can actively defend and exploit existing market imperfection by corporate political activity (e.g., Hillman et al, 1999;Cook andBarry, 1995) or lobbying (e.g., De Figueiredo andDe Figueiredo, 2002;Moore, 2001). The dynamic perspective emphasizes hypercompetition and high-velocity markets.…”

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Sustained superior performance in changing environments: towards a synthesis and a research agenda

Baaij¹,

Reinmoeller²,

Niepce³

2007

Strategic Change

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᭹ Understanding how superior financial performance of firms could be sustained is of great importance to both practitioners and scholars given the increasing levels of environmental change. ᭹ Our review of the diverse theoretical perspectives on sustained superior performance suggests that greater appreciation of the assumptions about environmental change and market imperfections may provide opportunities for a synthesis. ᭹ We find empirical research to lag behind theoretical developments. To test the theoretical perspectives on sustained superior performance under high levels of environmental change, we suggest a research agenda to develop reliable guidance for practitioners.

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What Makes Successful Business Lobbies? Business Associations and the Rentier State in Jordan and Kuwait

Cited by 22 publications

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Pockets of Efficiency and the Rise of Iran Auto: Implications for Theories of the Developmental State

Pockets of Efficiency and the Rise of Iran Auto: Implications for Theories of the Developmental State

Building Microfinance Associations: Goals, Implementation and Policy Implications

Sustained superior performance in changing environments: towards a synthesis and a research agenda

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