An Analysis of Corruption in Micro-Enterprises

• Authors: Mladen Tomašič
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this study is to present the research work made whilst studying the presence of corruption in the operations of Slovenian micro-enterprises. Our study builds on research which we carried out in 2005 and compares the findings of both studies. We wish to present our findings to public experts for a professional assessment and provide a basis for further work. We hope that in this way we can contribute to the development of new guidelines for the preparation of further analysis, the causes and elimination or at least limitation of corruption in business operations. Notable studies, which address corporate corruption in Slovenia, are non-existent. The results have confirmed the basic research hypothesis that the presence of corruption in the micro-business environment compared to a previous study in the last five years has increased.

Keywords

EN

micro-enterprise; micro-entrepreneur; corruption; corruptness

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 222-233

Dates

published

2009-11-01

online

2009-12-04

Contributors

author

Mladen Tomašič

• Fañabe Mar Canarian Investments S.L., Avda. Amsterdam 20, ES - 38650 Los Cristianos, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-009-0019-9