Examining the relationships among family-controlled firms, characteristics and bribery: The case study of Cambodia

• Main Authors: Zih-siou Lin, 林姿秀
• Other Authors: Chung-wen Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/h62fqr

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 企業管理系 === 99 === This research examines the relationships among family firms, financial constraints, competitive intensity and bribery, and discusses the moderating effects of firm characteristics, which contain firm size and firm age, affect the relationship between family firms and bribery. Base on deterrence theory to investigate the relationship between family firms and bribery. Anomie theory is used to examine the relationships among financial constraints, competitive intensity and bribery. The data set from WBES, was analyzed using hierarchical regression. WBES contains 326 firms from Cambodia. The results of this study indicated that 1) As to family firms, they are found to be negatively related to bribery.2) As to financial constraints, they are found to be positively related to bribery; 3) As to competitive intensity, they are found to be positively related to bribery; 4) The hypotheses of moderators of firm age, has interaction effect to family firms and bribery. This research offers insights that are salient to the researchers interested in understanding the drivers of firm-level factors on bribery in Cambodia.