Since the 1990s the international community has become acutely aware of the role of businesses in the growth of corruption globally and the debilitating effects of corruption on economic growth and development. A multitude of strategies from regulation in the form of international legal...

Anti-corruption efforts over the past two decades have expanded to include a variety of measures ranging from international conventions (e.g. OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions 1997, UN Convention against Corruption, 2003) and...

Anti-corruption strategies over the past two decades have expanded to include a variety of measures ranging from international conventions and anti-corruption toolkits to business and NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) initiatives. While these strategies are undeniably essential in the fight...

Voluntary regulations have emerged in recent years as a popular way to address environmental problems. In particular, standards, certification and labeling are popular, market-based mechanisms that aim to use the provision of otherwise difficult to obtain information in order to create a market...

This article addresses the issue of termination of employment because of the conduct of the employee in her leisure time, in the light of the human right to private life. It explores the impact on the retention of employment of activities taking place outside the workplace and outside working...

This paper compares the impact of institutions on men and women's decisions to establish new business start-ups between 2001 and 2006. We use data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey (GEM) which cover at least 2,000 individuals per year in each of up to 55 countries and have merged...

This paper models the disclosure of knowledge via licensing to outsiders or fringe firms as a threat, useful in ensuring firms keep their commitments. We show that firms holding intellectual property are better able to enforce agreements than firms that don't. In markets requiring innovation to...