The influence of internationalization and formal institutions on corruption and firm innovation in emerging markets

dc.contributor.advisorSaka Helmhout, A.
dc.contributor.authorHerckenrath, Lars
dc.date.issued2021-07-05
dc.description.abstractCorruption is most common in emerging markets, whereas small medium enterprises are at the largest danger of becoming involved in corruptive practices. At this point, prior researchers were unable to establish a sufficient agreement about the effects of corruption, institutional quality and internationalization on SMEs’ firm innovation in emerging markets. Applying the World Bank database, which encompasses 8153 SMEs in eight different emerging markets countries led through a logistic regression analysis to intriguing outcomes. Namely, this thesis found that corruption can definitely enhance SMEs’ firm innovation as a non-market strategy to overcome bureaucratic obstacles. Interestingly, this thesis demonstrated that high-quality institution decreases SMEs firm innovation and that high-quality institutions strengthen the effect of corruption on firm innovation in emerging markets. In contrary to other results, internationalization indicated to enhance SMEs’ firm innovation and also seems to reduce the degree to which corruption is used while undertaking internationalization activities.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/11438
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Managementwetenschappenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationInternational Businessen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster Business Administrationen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleThe influence of internationalization and formal institutions on corruption and firm innovation in emerging marketsen_US
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