The critical business of corruption

Critical perspectives on international business

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 275-298

  Brown, Ed ^a   Cloke, Jonathan ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corruption; Critical geography; Critical management; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750431392     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040610706622     Document Type: Article

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