TY - BOOK AU - Braam,Geert P.A. TI - Influence of Business Firms on the Government: An Investigation of the Distribution of Influence in Society T2 - New Babylon : Studies in the Social Sciences , SN - 9789027934574 PY - 2019///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter Mouton, KW - Regierung KW - Unternehmen KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. Introduction: Goals and Basic Principles --; 2. 'Influence in Society': The Concept, Specifications, and a Procedure for Measurement --; 3. Formulating Hypotheses --; 4. The Research Design, the Sample and Methods of Observation --; 5. Problems of Business Firms: Conceptual Analysis, Operationalization and Results --; 6. Large and Small Firms Compared: Influence Exercised for Solving Individual Problems (Results) --; 7. Non-individual Problems --; 8. Controls Applied to the Results: Determinants of Problems and of Influence Attempts; Criteria Employed in Government Decision-Making --; 9. Alternative Hypothesis: Growth of the Business Firm Instead of Size of the Business Firm --; 10. A Further Look at the Bases of Influence --; 11. Summary and Concluding Discussion --; References --; Appendices --; Author Index --; Subject Index; restricted access; Issued also in print UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110825787 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110825787 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110825787/original ER -