The article discusses issues of reporting in view of theories of domestic and foreign institutionalists. Study of formation of reporting under conditions of institutional transformations is realised in close connection with production and integration processes, which are peculiar to this...

This paper examines the role of guanxi in the emergence of the Chinese institutional environment, institutional structure and business environment. In China, the institutional environment, institutional structure and resulting business environment are rapidly evolving and are not yet stable or...

The study examined the functioning of the smallholder-produced teak poles value chain in Southern Benin from an analytical perspective combining the governance structure, the institutional environment, and the distribution of consumer price among chain actors. The objective was to identify...

Employing correlation analysis, we investigate whether rural development in the EU countries is associated with their institutional quality represented by “good” governance indicators of the World Bank (voice and accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory...

O Objetivo principal deste texto é subsidiar e contribuir para a discussão sobre as possibilidades de conciliação entre a produção de cana, açúcar e álcool com a sustentabilidade social e ambiental e com desenvolvimento econômico. O texto se inicia com uma retrospectiva histórica da...

A crescente necessidade mundial pela utilização de energia renovável faz com que o país inicie uma nova etapa no cultivo da cana-de-açúcar, diferente da utilizada nas últimas décadas. Fatores estruturais como a utilização de áreas utilizadas por outras culturas ou criações; fatores...

The article analyzes the development of small businesses at the national level through a comparative analysis between the former Soviet countries – Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. These countries are comparable by the previous path dependence (the period of...

Port public–private partnerships (PPPs) are considered to be an important emerging mechanism for port development and improvement in port performance especially for developing countries. This paper empirically investigates the effect of institutional factors in the success of port’s PPPs;...

The major objective of this study was to examine the relationship between the institutional environment of microfinance and access of rural women to microfinance. Focus group sessions were held with groups of rural women who are clients of formal and informal Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in...

Abstract: There is by now a vast literature on how institutional environments affect corporate investments. Much of this literature centres on corporate governance structures and the broader legal environment in which firms operate. This paper conducts a comparative analysis of three countries...