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SUMMARY:Business-Government Ties: lessons from China - Kulwant Singh (Nati
 onal University of Singapore)
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CONTACT:Yongjiang Shi
DESCRIPTION:Many firms are connected to the government through their senio
 r leaders holding or having previously held senior positions in government
 . These political ties offer the potential for resource transfers and pref
 erential treatment for connected firms\, but come at the costs of establis
 hing and maintaining such ties. Do firms gain from political ties? And how
  do these benefits evolve when the economic environment and institutional 
 structure undergo significant change? This presentation will draw primaril
 y from two studies of business-government political ties in China.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Alan Reece Building Institute for Manufacturing 
 (IfM)\, 17 Charles Babbage Road\, Cambridge CB3 0FS
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