Lords of the Harvest: Third-Party Influence and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms

By Shon R. Hiatt, Sangchan Park. 2013

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Little is known about the factors that influence regulatory agency decision making. We posit that regulatory agencies are influenced by the firms they regulate but not exclusively via dyadic exchanges, as is traditionally argued in the regulatory capture and business-government literatures. Instead, regulatory decisions are indirectly shaped via third-party actors who shield agencies from legitimacy threats. Focusing empirically on the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) approval of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), we find that product assessments by powerful stakeholders and peer agencies influence product approval and that their effects vary under different threats. We also discuss the implications of these findings for businessgovernment relations, nonmarket strategy, and organization theory.

Subfields: Marketing, Plant Science, Strategy and Management

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• Retire in Peace: Officials’ Political Incentives and Corporate Diversification in China* (2018, background): “In these contexts the legislative and administrative branches of the government function differently (e.g., Hiatt and Park, 2013).”
• Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: Symbol or Substance? (2011, unknown): “First, research has shown that government agencies and bureaucracies are the key areas in the government responsible for policy implementation which leads to greater organizational oversight (Bonardi et al., 2006; Hiatt and Park, 2012).”
• Institutional Strategies in Emerging Markets (2015, unknown): “…CPA on public policy (Choi, Jia & Lu, 2014; Campbell, 1998; Dean, Vryza, & Fryxell, 1998; Holburn & Vanden Bergh, 2008; Keim & Zardkoohi, 1988; Lord, 2000; Ramirez & Eigen-Zucchi, 2001) and firm performance (Cook & Fox, 2000; Hiatt & Park, 2013; Lux et al., 2011; Shaffer, Quasney, & Grimm, 2000).”
• Converging Winds: Logic Hybridization in the Colorado Wind Energy Field (2016, unknown): “This strategy is illustrative of how, in centralized fields, incompatibility between institutional logics may motivate proponents of a subordinate logic to try to alter the balance of power in the field (Hiatt & Park, 2013; Seo & Creed, 2002; York, Sarasvathy, &Wicks, 2013).”
• The management of natural resources: : An overview and research agenda (2015, background): “Studying the origins of regulation with regards to genetically modified organisms, Hiatt and Sangchan (2013) posited that regulators are influenced by assessments of powerful stakeholders and peer agencies concerning the issues at hand.”