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  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery

By: George Serafeim
Using survey data from firms around the world I analyze how detection of bribery has impacted a firm's competitiveness over the past year. Managers report that the most significant impact was on employee morale, followed by business relations, and then reputation and... View Details
Keywords: Competitiveness; Corruption; Bribery; Employee Engagement; Reputation; Regulation; Competition; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Performance
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Serafeim, George. "Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-012, July 2013. (Revised February 2014, April 2014.)
  • 04 Nov 2013
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The Real Cost of Bribery

It's a sad, quantitative fact that bribery runs so rampant in the world that it has become a Darwinian business tool. A July 2013 report from Transparency International finds that more than one in four people paid a bribe in the past... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • July 2005 (Revised August 2006)
  • Background Note

Bribery in Business: A Legal Perspective

By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Provides a brief overview of the concept of bribery and the principal rationales prompting restrictions on such conduct. Also, reviews some of the most important U.S. and international laws prohibiting various forms of bribery. View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Lawfulness
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Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher Bruner. "Bribery in Business: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-012, July 2005. (Revised August 2006.)
  • 14 Aug 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Firm Competitiveness and Detection of Bribery

Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • September 1999 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.
"Caselets" present several examples of decisions involving bribery or take other actions that could be considered as corrupt. View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Trade
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Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business." Harvard Business School Case 700-055, September 1999. (Revised September 2011.)
  • March 2022 (Revised November 2024)
  • Background Note

Legal Analysis: Bribery and Corruption

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Louis Caldera, Christopher Diak and Matthew Souba
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Hsieh, Nien-he, Louis Caldera, Christopher Diak, and Matthew Souba. "Legal Analysis: Bribery and Corruption." Harvard Business School Background Note 322-105, March 2022. (Revised November 2024.)
  • June 2007 (Revised September 2011)
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Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business (Abridged)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.
"Caselets" present several examples of decisions involving bribery or take other actions that could be considered as corrupt. View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Globalized Firms and Management
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Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 707-052, June 2007. (Revised September 2011.)
  • November 1979
  • Case

Bribery and Extortion in International Business

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Trade
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Wells, Louis T., Jr. "Bribery and Extortion in International Business." Harvard Business School Case 380-087, November 1979.
  • September 1994
  • Teaching Note

Bribery and Extortion in International Business TN

By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
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Austin, James E., and Tomas Otto Kohn. "Bribery and Extortion in International Business TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 395-009, September 1994.
  • September 2011
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Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business and Caselets (Abridged)(TN)

By: Louis T. Wells
Teaching Note for 700-055 and 707-052. View Details
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Wells, Louis T. "Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business and Caselets (Abridged)(TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 712-017, September 2011.
  • December 2017
  • Case

Charity or Bribery?

By: Eugene Soltes and Brian Tilley
Filip Kowalski, a senior manager at the pharmaceutical company Healthgen, leads sales for the firm’s Polish division. While pitching Healthgen’s products, he develops a relationship with a director of a regional health fund who also runs a private foundation. After a... View Details
Keywords: Bribery; Crime and Corruption; Law; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States; Europe
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Soltes, Eugene, and Brian Tilley. "Charity or Bribery?" Harvard Business School Case 118-052, December 2017.
  • September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
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An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?

By: Eugene Soltes
Reebonz, an online luxury goods platform based in Singapore that operates across the Asia-Pacific region, offers its investors the opportunity to redeem shares if either the firm or its founder are investigated by the U.S. or U.K governments with regard to complying... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; United Kingdom Bribery Act; Law; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Asia
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Soltes, Eugene. "An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?" Harvard Business School Case 119-039, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
  • October 2006
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How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations

By: Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric D. Werker
Ten of the fifteen seats on the U.N. Security Council are held by rotating members serving two-year terms. We find that a country's U.S. aid increases by 59 percent and its U.N. aid by 8 percent when it rotates onto the council. This effect increases during years in... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Aid; Governance; Value
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Kuziemko, Ilyana, and Eric D. Werker. "How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations." Journal of Political Economy 114, no. 5 (October 2006): 905–930. (Reprinted in Geopolitics of Foreign Aid, ed. Helen Milner and Dustin Tingley. Northampton: Edward Elgar, 2013.)
  • 2006
  • Working Paper

How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations

By: Ilyana Kuziemko and Eric D. Werker
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Kuziemko, Ilyana, and Eric D. Werker. "How Much Is a Seat on the Security Council Worth? Foreign Aid and Bribery at the United Nations." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 06-029, January 2006. (Revised June 2006.)
  • Forthcoming
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The Political Economy of Anti-Bribery Enforcement

By: Lauren Cohen and Bo Li
Using exogenous variation in the timing and geographic location of U.S. Congressional elections, we find that the probability of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions against foreign firms increases significantly preceding senatorial elections,... View Details
Keywords: Bribery; Regulatory Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Political Elections; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; Geographic Location
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Cohen, Lauren, and Bo Li. "The Political Economy of Anti-Bribery Enforcement." Management Science (forthcoming).
  • 2019
  • Article

The Frequency of Corporate Misconduct: Public Enforcement versus Private Reality

By: Eugene F. Soltes
Perceptions about the frequency of misconduct—among the public, academics and even regulators—have largely been formed by examining enforcement statistics, which rely on the detection and sanctioning of the misconduct. This study aims to illuminate the real occurrence... View Details
Keywords: Fraud; Bribery; Misconduct; Organizations; Crime and Corruption
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Soltes, Eugene F. "The Frequency of Corporate Misconduct: Public Enforcement versus Private Reality." Journal of Financial Crime 26, no. 4 (2019): 923–937.
  • December 2018
  • Teaching Note

An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?

By: Eugene Soltes
Teaching Note for HBS No. 119-039. View Details
Keywords: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; UK Bribery Legislation; Law; Leadership; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Asia
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Soltes, Eugene. "An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 119-060, December 2018.
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Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970

By: G. Jones and Rachael Comunale
This article contributes to the literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) and new settings (emerging markets economies in Latin... View Details
Keywords: Political Risk; Emerging Market; Bribery; Business & Government Relations; Turbulence; Violence; Risk and Uncertainty; Emerging Markets; Crime and Corruption; Business and Government Relations; Business History; India; Latin America
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Jones, G., and Rachael Comunale. "Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970." Australian Economic History Review 58, no. 3 (November 2018): 233–264.
  • November 2013
  • Case

GlaxoSmithKline in China (A)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
Four GlaxoSmithKline employees were accused of bribing Chinese health care workers to prescribe the company's drugs. The accusations brought to light the questionable incentive structures of the Chinese health care system and the pressure on companies to adhere to... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Pharmaceuticals; China; Bribery; CSR; Hong Bao; Health Care; Drug; GlaxoSmithKline; GSK; Witty; Government; Marketing; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; China; United Kingdom; United States
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Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "GlaxoSmithKline in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 514-049, November 2013.
  • November 2013 (Revised September 2015)
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GlaxoSmithKline in China (B)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez
In 2013, Chinese investigators detained four GSK employees for allegedly bribing health care staff to sell GSK pharmaceuticals. A month later, GSK's Asia Pacific regional president, Abbas Hussain, said the company would help identify corrupt practices. Two days later,... View Details
Keywords: Public Health; Pharmaceuticals; China; Bribery; CSR; Hong Bao; Health Care; Drug; GlaxoSmithKline; GSK; Witty; Government; Marketing; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations; Ethics; Pharmaceutical Industry; China; United Kingdom; United States
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Quelch, John A., and Margaret L. Rodriguez. "GlaxoSmithKline in China (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 514-050, November 2013. (Revised September 2015.)
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