Deciding to Bribe: A Cross-Level Analysis of Firm and Home Country Influences on Bribery Activity

By Kelly D. Martin, John B. Cullen, Jean L. Johnson, K. Parboteeah. 2007

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Subfields: Demography, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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Greasing the Wheels of Change: Bribery, Institutions, and New Product Introductions in Emerging Markets (2019, background): “Hence, in corrupt settings, bribery presents “a quicker, and perhaps more effective strategic instrument” (Luo, 2005: 141) through which firms get relief from the bureaucratic strain (Rose-Ackerman, 1998; Martin et al., 2007), and reduce the transaction costs associated with the introduction of thei”
Firm lobbying and influence in developing countries: a multilevel approach (2012, methodology): “I can then compute the proportion of the total variance represented by countrylevel variance as: ρ=Var(ζj)/Var(yij)=ψ/(ψ+θ) (4) 4 See, for example, Martin et al. (2007), who apply multilevel methods in their analysis of the WBES survey to identify the determinants of bribery.”
Why Do Firms Bribe? (2010, methodology): “This is why Martin et al. (2007) use anomie theory to expla in bribery activity of the firms, defining anomie as “a condition of normlessness and social disequilibrium where the rules once governing conduct 11 have lost their savor and force” (Merton 1964: 226).”
Management Students’ Attitudes Toward Business Ethics: A Comparison Between France and Romania (2011, background): “For example, political corruption, which has a strong impact on business strategies (Habib and Zurawicki, 2002; Meschi, 2009), is often perceived differently in different countries and cultures (Davis and Ruhe, 2003; Getz and Volkema, 2001; Husted, 1999; Martin et al., 2007).”
The export performance of emerging economy firms: The influence of firm capabilities and institutional environments (2018, background): “, acquisition of land, building permits, product regulations, or labour hiring) involve dealing with governmental officials (Djankov, La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, & Shleifer, 2002), which give them numerous opportunities to misuse their authority for private gain (Martin et al., 2007).”
Acquisition Announcements and Stock Market Valuations of Acquiring Firms’ Rivals: A Test of the Growth Probability Hypothesis in China (2011, unknown): “We follow Cohen et al.’s (2003) recommendations to center the industrylevel variable at the grand mean and also center the firm-level variables by the industry mean when testing their interaction effect (Martin, Cullen, and Parboteeah, 2007).”