3 The Relevant Environment: Political Risk and Political Assessment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Preface XI
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. 2 Organizations and Environments 9
6. 3 The Relevant Environment: Political Risk and Political Assessment 29
7. 4 The Political Environment and the International Firm 50
8. 5 Institutionalization of the Political Assessment Function 67
9. 6 Organization of the Political Assessment Function 87
10. 7 Managerial Perceptions of Political Risk 111
11. 8 Scanning the Political Environment 125
12. 9 Evaluation and Utilization of Political Assessments 147
13. 10 Conclusions 166
14. APPENDIXES
15. Appendix A Research Methods and Sample Characteristics 183
16. Appendix B Multivariate Logit Analysis of the Determinants of Institutionalization 193
17. Appendix C Political Risk Assessment Methods 198
18. Bibliography 211
19. Index 221