Nigeria is one of the countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) that has faced high incidents of
kidnap**. As a result of that, some studies have investigated its determinants and …

The presence of illegal organizations in economic development settings contributes to the
Italian economy's regional heterogeneity by exacerbating other inefficiencies. We aim to …

Rising inequality is one of the grand societal challenges of our time. Yet, its effects on firms–
including multinational enterprises (MNEs)–and their operations have not been widely …

Purpose This study investigates the ability of crime management expenses, recognised
external quality certification and ownership structure to describe the cross-sectional changes …

Purpose Due to the fact that crime and violence affect the economy and the business
environment, and since the economic environment affects entrepreneurs' expectations and …

Drawing on formal and informal institutional voids and disadvantage theory, we ask whether
exogeneous reduction in crime improves the outcomes of informal self-employment. Using …

Purpose In Nigeria, insecurity has been breeding very rapidly given the Nigerian economic
conditions in the recent past. Insecurity exposes enterprise development and survival to a …

Crime and growing the private sector are pertinent development challenges. Despite their
importance there is a paucity of research on crime and business performance, particularly in …

Using an unbalanced panel of 2061 region-year observations of the physical location
choices for SMEs and local crime incidents in South Korea, we investigate whether and how …

Violent crime continues to plague Latin American societies, but reporting is not uniform
across the region. Here we examine crime for Guyana, a country lacking coverage in the …