TY - JOUR
T1 - Corruption in international business
T2 - A review and research agenda
AU - Bahoo, Salman
AU - Alon, Ilan
AU - Paltrinieri, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Author(s)
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - We systematically reviewed the literature on corruption in international business (137 articles) for the last 17 years between 1992 and 2019. Additionally, we identified seven research streams in this growing literature: (1) the legislation against corruption, (2) the determinants of corruption, (3) combating corruption, 4) the effect of corruption on firms, (5) the political environment and corruption, (6) corruption as a challenge to existing theories of management, and (7) the effect of corruption on foreign direct investment and trade. Based on this review, we recommend that strong international laws are needed to minimize the negative impact of corruption on international business. Firms must also consider corruption when formulating strategies to increase operational efficiency and performance. Finally, corruption challenges some key assumptions of existing theories of management. Scholars need to test and expand these existing theories by considering corruption as an important issue in international business.
AB - We systematically reviewed the literature on corruption in international business (137 articles) for the last 17 years between 1992 and 2019. Additionally, we identified seven research streams in this growing literature: (1) the legislation against corruption, (2) the determinants of corruption, (3) combating corruption, 4) the effect of corruption on firms, (5) the political environment and corruption, (6) corruption as a challenge to existing theories of management, and (7) the effect of corruption on foreign direct investment and trade. Based on this review, we recommend that strong international laws are needed to minimize the negative impact of corruption on international business. Firms must also consider corruption when formulating strategies to increase operational efficiency and performance. Finally, corruption challenges some key assumptions of existing theories of management. Scholars need to test and expand these existing theories by considering corruption as an important issue in international business.
KW - Bibliometric analysis
KW - Bribery
KW - Content analysis
KW - Corruption
KW - Firms
KW - International business
KW - Meta-literature review
KW - Politics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101660
DO - 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2019.101660
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AN - SCOPUS:85077360503
SN - 0969-5931
VL - 29
JO - International Business Review
JF - International Business Review
IS - 4
M1 - 101660
ER -