One key question driving innovations in corruption studies is how anticorruption reforms can
be more impactful and sustainable. This is critical to understand due to the detrimental …

Corruption, a global phenomenon, affects countries worldwide, transcending geographic
and political boundaries, and continues to escalate, partly due to the inefficiency of financial …

This article argues that a perpetrator‐based definition of sexual harassment that highlights
corrupt aspects of sexual harassment may contribute to a shift in focus from the experience …

This study examines the relationship between country-level corruption (proxied by the
Corruption Perception Index, CPI) and firm performance (measured by Return on Assets …

The article analyzes how economic theory usually investigates corruption. It describes the
main traditional economic theories dealing with this issue—principal-agent theory (agency …

Purpose The study aims to assess military procurement strategy in NATO countries labelled
as emerging markets (Czechia, Slovakia and Lithuania) and capitalist Norway, which vary in …

Traditionally, informal firms have been perceived to be unproductive, lacking skills, and
static by necessity, while low institutional quality has been shown to increase their …

Corruption diminishes the legitimacy of a government, and the extent of corruption perceived
by the public reflects how transparent a government is to some extent. However, perceived …

In the wake of significant international events like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and
China's assertive diplomacy, the recently developed concept of strategic corruption has …

This study aims to analyze the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in detecting
accounting fraud in audits. The aim is to identify AI's efficiency, accuracy, and potential in …