Critical perspectives on corruption: An overview

Critical perspectives on international business

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-124

  Brown, Ed ^a   Cloke, Jonathan ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Perception; World economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955589193     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422041111128203     Document Type: Article

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