Corruption and System Change in the Czech Republic: Firm-level Evidence
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F15%3A10293735" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/15:10293735 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.eaco.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/koudelkova.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.eaco.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/koudelkova.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/danb-2015-0002" target="_blank" >10.1515/danb-2015-0002</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Corruption and System Change in the Czech Republic: Firm-level Evidence
Original language description
Corruption is a widespread phenomenon in all countries undergoing market transition. However, the Czech Republic stands apart, with its incredible entanglement of corruption, politics and business. Although corruption on the firm level in the Czech Republic is heavily criticized, the results of our in-depth interviews conducted with Czech SMEs showed that almost every firm has encountered some form of corruption and even used corruption to either increase sales, help negotiations, or increase production. Most of our respondents admitted that corruption was useful for day-to-day business. This article aims to obtain information about the state of corruption in enterprises in the Czech Republic and map the behaviour of entrepreneurs in companies. Our results offer ways to fight corruption: apart from highlighting the negative traits of corruption, emphasis should be made on determining to what extent corruption would be acceptable for firms and their clients. This could be useful for des
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AE - Management, administration and clerical work
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Danube
ISSN
1804-6746
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
6
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
22
Pages from-to
25-46
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84929561034