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- catalog abstract ""Sandra Suarez looks at the efforts corporations take to influence government policy. In a detailed study of the efforts of major American pharmaceutical and electronics companies to protect the tax credit applicable to their profits from investments in Puerto Rico, this rare longitudinal case study explores the firms' abilities to adapt their political strategies to a fluid and uncertain political environment. Drawing on interviews with tax lawyers, corporate lobbyists, and government officials, Suarez follows the behavior of the same group of companies over the past twenty years."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11825139.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Sandra Suarez looks at the efforts corporations take to influence government policy. In a detailed study of the efforts of major American pharmaceutical and electronics companies to protect the tax credit applicable to their profits from investments in Puerto Rico, this rare longitudinal case study explores the firms' abilities to adapt their political strategies to a fluid and uncertain political environment. Drawing on interviews with tax lawyers, corporate lobbyists, and government officials, Suarez follows the behavior of the same group of companies over the past twenty years."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-183) and index.".
- catalog description "Political uncertainty and business strategy -- Corporate interests and government policy -- Learning to rely on implicit threats : the Tax Reform Act of 1976 -- Failure to adapt : the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 -- Experimenting with collective action : the Tax Reform Act of 1986 -- Learned response to a new political environment : the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 -- Conclusion : learning, influence, and the transfer of knowledge.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 192 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Does business learn?".
- catalog identifier "0472111191 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Does business learn?".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Does business learn?".
- catalog spatial "Puerto Rico".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "336.24/316/0973 21".
- catalog subject "Business and politics United States Longitudinal studies.".
- catalog subject "Corporations Political activity United States.".
- catalog subject "Corporations Taxation Law and legislation United States Longitudinal studies.".
- catalog subject "Corporations Taxation Puerto Rico Longitudinal studies.".
- catalog subject "Corporations Taxation United States Longitudinal studies.".
- catalog subject "HJ4653.C7 S83 2000".
- catalog subject "Possessions tax break.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Political uncertainty and business strategy -- Corporate interests and government policy -- Learning to rely on implicit threats : the Tax Reform Act of 1976 -- Failure to adapt : the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 -- Experimenting with collective action : the Tax Reform Act of 1986 -- Learned response to a new political environment : the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 -- Conclusion : learning, influence, and the transfer of knowledge.".
- catalog title "Does business learn? : tax breaks, uncertainty, and political strategies / Sandra L. Suárez.".
- catalog type "Longitudinal studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".