Do corporate political strategies differ from one country to the next ? The case of France and Britain

Lobbying by businesses is a practice becoming more and more common today, but little studied in Europe. This study seeks in particular to determine if corporate political actions differ from one country to the next. To answer this question in Europe, it presents the way in which French and British firms have conducted their lobbying operations by constructing and analysing a base of gifts given in reference newspapers during the last years. Then, variance analysis is used to modelize corporate political strategies in both countries.