Shen, Jung-ChinJung-ChinShenChuang, You-TaYou-TaChuangCHUNG-JEN CHENHsiao, Yung-ChangYung-ChangHsiao2025-03-202025-03-202008-0800650668https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/ambpp.2008.33649800https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85207435463&origin=resultslisthttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/72589668th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2008, 8 August 2008 through 13 August 2008Understanding the role of the state in regulatory change is important because both the state and regulatory change greatly affect an organization's behavior and outcome. However, the prevailing theories of regulation tended to view the role of the state in regulatory change as neutral or passive. In this paper, we propose a state-centered approach to analyze how a state actively seizes political opportunities and mobilizes resources to influence regulatory change. By drawing from theories of social movements and political sociology, our empirical analysis of Taiwan's outward foreign direct investments (FDI) regulations in China from 1996 to 2001 shows that the ability of the Taiwanese state to sustain its FDI regulations in China across 37 industries depended upon its relative capacity in an industry, political party competition, resources of both industry proponents and opponents, and embeddedness between the state and industry.en-USfalseRegulatory changeSocial movementsconference paper2-s2.0-85207435463