Research on Non-Market Strategy

Dr. Cunningham is a leading expert in non-market strategy, with a focus on the role of business-government relations in shaping economic and policy outcomes. His research has examined the dynamics of state-business relations in China, including the use of liberalization as a means of achieving state-led ends, the reversibility of economic liberalization, and the impact of firm decisions on the execution of broad central state policy changes. Through his research as a research follow at the Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the National Bureau of Economic Research, he has also studied the diverging paths of Taiwan's automotive industry. 

Selected Publications:

Cunningham, E. (2019) “Business-Government Relations in China: A Review”, Brill Research Perspectives in Governance and Public Policy in China, vol 3(2). (Forthcoming)

Turiel, J., Cunningham, E., and A. Saich (2019) “To Serve the People: Income, Region, and Citizen Attitudes towards Governance in China (2003-2016)”, China Quarterly vol. 238 pp.1-30.

Cunningham, E., Thun, E., and Lynch, T. “A Tale of Two Sectors: Diverging Paths in Taiwan’s Automotive Industry,” in Suzanne Berger and Richard Lester (eds.), Global Taiwan (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005).