Essays about: "corruption and international business"

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  1. 16. GRI Reporting -A study of Listed Companies' GRI Reporting on Corruption

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Bengtsson; Olivia Dagerud; [2014-08-04]
    Keywords : Global Reporting Initiative; GRI; CSR; Corruption; Bribery; G3.1 Guidelines; Management;

    Abstract : Background and Problem: Earlier studies have indicated discrepancies regarding companies’ ability to report in line with the GRI guidelines. Also, corruption has become a prominent managerial issue to handle, thus it is of interest to investigate whether a company’s context regarding media exposure, company’s locations of operations, and business industry, is reflected in the corruption disclosures. READ MORE

  2. 17. Medical Patent Protection Impacts on Access to Medicine in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Jingtian Chen; [2014]
    Keywords : access to medicines in China; medical patent protection; right to health; TRIPS flexibilities; TRIPS-plus; compulsory license; generics.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Along with the interrelation between medical patent right, the generics impacts and the right to access to medicines, which as one of intersection issues between Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and Human Rights (HR), has drawn more and more attention under the international society, the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health has reaffirmed the flexibilities of the Agreement on the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) member states in circumventing patent rights for better access to essential medicines in 2001. Considering the TRIPS flexibilities importance on promoting access to medicines in the most developing and the least developed countries, the thesis basically checks how medical patent rights impact on the access to medicines in China and how China has utilized the TRIPS flexibilities in recent years. READ MORE

  3. 18. Corruption and Export Diversification: Is there a relationship?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Åberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Corruption; Export diversification; sub-Saharan Africa; Poisson-pseudo-maximum-likelihood; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Does corruption have an impact on export diversification? Despite a growing interest from the international community regarding the detrimental effects of corruption, the consequences it may have for export diversification remain largely unexplored. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if there is a relationship between the two and, if so, to determine if certain groups of countries have relatively more to gain from combatting corruption. READ MORE

  4. 19. Role of ICT in Combating Corruption and Improving Public Service Delivery, A case study of Punjab Information Technology Board

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Murtaza Sheraz Ahmed; Khawaja Waqar Ahmed; [2014]
    Keywords : Public Service Delivery; ICT; E-Governance; Corruption;

    Abstract : Governments in both developing and developed countries provide services to its citizen however some provide better services than the others. Public services generally include facilities of health, education, electricity and water supply, social welfare, transportation, communication and other services. READ MORE

  5. 20. Influence of Corruption on Business Strategies = An explorative study of Swedish entrepreneurs in Tanzania

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Maria Abramova; Anton Israelsson; [2013]
    Keywords : corruption; corruption distance; entry mode; partner selection; post-entry;

    Abstract : A limited amount of research has been done on how companies respond to corruption in developing countries apart from avoiding entry. Even less studies concern strategies of international small and medium enterprises entering unknown to them African markets. READ MORE