RT Article
T1 The impact of petty corruption on firm innovation in Vietnam
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 65
IS 4/5
SP 377
OP 394
A1 Nguyen-ngoc-Anh
A2 Doan Quang Hung
A2 Nguyen Ngoc Minh
A2 Binh Tran-Nam 1954-
LA English
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853809748
AB Corruption has been found to have complex effects on firm innovation. Limited theoretical and empirical evidence to date has been rather inconclusive. This study employs econometric estimation techniques to analyze data from small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam to assess the impact of petty corruption on firm innovation. The empirical results tend to support the "greasing" impact of corruption on innovation. Specifically, informal payments by Vietnamese firms are shown to encourage overall innovation, product improvement, innovation and new innovation. In view of the commonplace business practice of paying small informal fees to speed up transactions in the inefficient public sector in Vietnam, this finding is not entirely unexpected, though troubling.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 393-394
K1 Firm Innovation
K1 Foreign Firm
K1 Informal Payment
K1 Process Innovation
K1 Product Innovation
DO 10.1007/s10611-016-9610-1