Corruption in the context of international business: Conceptual and methodological issues

Journal of Transnational Management Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 167-180

  Habib, Mohsin ^a   Zurawicki, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; International business and foreign direct investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986129507     PISSN: 10686061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J130v06n03_10     Document Type: Article

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