Corruption in international business

Journal of World Business

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-49

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bribery; Corruption; International business; Multinationals; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978128294     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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