investment can be measured, analyzed, and compared across countries, and that governance is key to the business environment and … of the Firms from the World Business Environment Survey”, and based on a chapter in “Pathways Out of Poverty: Private … the World Business Environment Survey (WBES). It shows that important dimensions for the climate of business operation and …

out of which belong to Muslim world. The governance of the political and corporate institutions, higher education and … technology readiness are classified as significant factors of the business competitiveness. It was concluded that governance … ultimately the sustainable economic development by improvement in the higher education and institutional governance. …

A number of popular notions and outright myths on governance and corruption are addressed in this chapter. We … distinguish clearly between governance and anti-corruption, while probing the links between both notions. In so doing we challenge … underplaying the role of the private sector. We then challenge the notion that governance and corruption cannot be measured …

countries in different ways. It was recommended that Muslim countries should improve their governance of the corporate and …

We contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of … indicators of globalization (at the country and city level), city governance, city performance (access and quality of … framework and a set of hypotheses, and then test them econometrically. The findings suggest that good governance and …

Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) conducted among 6,500 firms in 27 transition countries. We refer to the …

Based on the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) of firms in transition countries, which … of governance standards; ii) in misgoverned settings, FDI firms may magnify the problems of state capture and procurement …

national governance have been unexplored. This paper summarises the results of the Business Environment and Enterprise … corruption, with little attention paid to the role played by firms. Consequently, the links between corporate governance and … Performance Survey (BEEPS) across 20 transition economies, providing an assessment of governance and corruption from the …

Traditionally, national governance and corruption challenges have been seen as: i) particularly daunting in the poorer … institutions, iii) a challenge within public sectors, and, iv) divorced from global governance or security issues - seen as … governance constraints, and corruption in particular, is a key determinant of a country's global competitiveness. These findings …

In the post communism regime, the responsibility of economic development has largely been shifted to private sector …), democratization in business and finance, corporate culture, fair trade, good governance and economic freedom and participation. The …, and competitiveness were redefined. The implementation of the separate entity concept and the code of corporate governance …