22 research outputs found
State owned enterprises as bribe payers: the role of institutional environment
Our paper draws attention to a neglected channel of corruption—the bribe payments by state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This is an important phenomenon as bribe payments by SOEs fruitlessly waste national resources, compromising public welfare and national prosperity. Using a large dataset of 30,249 firms from 50 countries, we show that, in general, SOEs are less likely to pay bribes for achieving organizational objectives owing to their political connectivity. However, in deteriorated institutional environments, SOEs may be subjected to potential managerial rent-seeking behaviors, which disproportionately increase SOE bribe propensity relative to privately owned enterprises. Specifically, our findings highlight the importance of fostering democracy and rule of law, reducing prevalence of corruption and shortening power distance in reducing the incidence of SOE bribery
Corruption and its effects on FDI:Analysing the interaction between the corruption levels of the home and host countries and its effects at the decision-making level
This study furthers our understanding of how corruption affects the decision-making process of allocating foreign direct investment. Drawing on the responses of 28 managers in charge of establishing operations in a highly corrupt host country, we argue that those firms based in home countries with low levels of corruption are more proactive in preparing to face corruption abroad than those based in countries with high corruption levels. This means that firms from less corrupt home countries have strategies in place to deal with high corruption abroad. This finding is based on the fact that these firms have stronger pressures to not engage in corruption from their home stakeholders. Also, these firms might not have the experience of dealing with corruption at home, which hinders their potential to deal with corruption abroad. On the other hand, those firms based in highly corrupt home countries do not have clear strategies to deal with corruption abroad. This assertion is based on the fact that these firms might have familiarity in dealing with corruption and thus, might not see it as an obstacle to operating abroad
Determinants of Bribery in Asian Firms: Evidence from the World Business Environment Survey
bribery, corruption, Asia,
“Corporate Efforts to Tackle Corruption: An Impossible Task?” The Contribution of Thomas Dunfee
The Influence of the Quality of Evaluation on the Satisfaction: Focusing on the Information Village
The association among bribery and unethical corporate actions: an international comparison
A Four-Country Study of the Associations Between Bribery and Unethical Actions
bribery, social desirability response bias,