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New products and corruption: evidence from Indian firms [PDF]
It has been shown that corruption has a negative effect on firm productivity, but what about its impact on product innovation ? We find that corruption, functioning as a bribe tax, diminishes the probability of new product introduction.
Felipe Starosta De Waldemar
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
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Strategic Analysis of Petty Corruption with an Intermediary [PDF]
This note reports part of a larger study of "petty corruption" by government bureaucrats in the process of approving new business projects. Each bureaucrat may demand a bribe as a condition of approval.
Lambert-Mogiliansky, Ariane +2 more
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Criminal Law Characteristic of Special Relapse of Bribery
Сибирское юридическое обозрение, 2018 The article is devoted to qualification and criminal-political assessment of the qualifying sign of petty bribery - the existence of previous convictions.
A. V. Koval
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This work reports on the actuation behavior of CP‐based polypyrrole/PVdF TYs soaked in electrolyte/ionic liquids and woven actuators where such TYs are integrated. These studies are important toward the creation of on‐body applications such as wearable soft robotics, where textiles offer many advantages such as increased force, integrated electrical ...
Carin Backe +4 more
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Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a cross-section of firms [PDF]
This paper uses an unique data set on corruption containing quantitative information on estimated bribe payments of Ugandan firms. The data has two striking features; not all firms report they need to pay bribes; and, there is a considerable variation in
Svensson, Jakob
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study investigates how the internal structure of fiber‐reinforced ceramic composites affects their resistance to damage. By combining 3D X‐ray imaging with acoustic emission monitoring during mechanical testing, it reveals how silicon distribution influences crack formation.
Yang Chen +7 more
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Religion and Ethical Attitudes toward Accepting a Bribe: A Comparative Study
Religions, 2015 This study presents the results of an empirical study of ethical attitudes toward bribe taking in six religions—Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, the Baha’i faith, Hinduism, and Judaism.
Robert W. McGee +2 more
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Controls and Processes to Prevent Employees from being bribed by Third Parties
, 2022 Woojun Lee +2 more
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Corruption and productivity : firm-level evidence from the BEEPS survey [PDF]
Using enterprise data for the economies of Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS, this study examines the effects of corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease the ...
De Rosa, Donato +2 more
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