This paper adds to the recent literature on firm-level corruption by relying on rich data including detailed … large and significant positive association between corruption and firm performance. We further show that the type of bribe …

, corruption exists especially in countries with weak government institutions. Literatures on corruption and firm performance … indicate that corruption can either grease or sand business performance and operations. This paper analyzes this relationship … association with the firms' extent of perceived corruption around them. The negative and challenging business environment for SMEs …

corruption, may affect the access to credit for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). Using a sample of 68 …-2014, we investigate whether the level of corruption affects their demand for bank loans. Overall, we find that the degree of … corruption seems to play a role in the applications for bank loans when small firms are under investigation. Interestingly …

presence of a discriminating inefficient business ecosystem, women entrepreneurs use non-market strategies such as corruption … to alter decisions in their favour. Thus, an effort to reduce corruption at an immature stage, when these societal …

The article presents a study of the corruption perception and the involvement of SMEs in corruption practices. The main … goal of the paper is to provide an analysis of corruption perception of the SMEs representatives, its parts and research … methodology to provide an adequate picture and analysis of corruption of the Kazakhstan. For obtaining a comparative picture, we …