Bribery in international business transactions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-32

  Baughn, Christopher ^a   Bodie, Nancy L ^a   Buchanan, Mark A ^a   Bixby, Michael B ^a  

^a Boise State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bribe Payer's Index; Bribery; Corruption; Institutional theory; International trade; OECD convention

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949122874     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0136-7     Document Type: Article

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