Scott Kennedy (Ph.D., George Washington University, 2002) conducts research on and teaches about East Asian politics and political economy at Indiana University, where he is an assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. His recently published book, The Business of Lobbying in China (Harvard University Press, 2005), documents the growing influence of domestic and foreign businesses on national economic policy in China, and also shows that although companies operate in a common political system, economic circumstances shape the nature and outcome of lobbying. Kennedy has published articles in World Policy Journal, The China Journal, The China Quarterly, Problems of Post-Communism, Political Science Quarterly, Financial Times, Asian Wall Street Journal, and China Business Review. He is currently working on two research projects. The first examines corporate political activity in China in comparative perspective. The other considers Chinese government and industry participation in several global economic regimes, including those related to fair trade, technical standards, and credit rating.