Institutional trust is considered to be vital for social and economic activity also crucial in reducing uncertainty entrepreneurs society. To shed light on the role of institutional determine extent which entrepreneurial productive or destructive, this paper analyses impact six distinct urban EEs using contexts transition economies Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia. This posits that paucit...

Trust is the social glue that holds society together. The academic consensus trust weaker among lower-class individuals and in unequal regions/countries, which often considered a threat to healthy society. However, existing studies are inconsistent have two limitations: (i) variability measurement of class (ii) small numbers higher level units (regions/countries). We addressed these problems us...

In biomedical research lack of trust is seen as a great threat that can severely jeopardise the whole biomedical research enterprise. Practices, such as informed consent, and also the administrative and regulatory oversight of research in the form of research ethics committees and Institutional Review Boards, are established to ensure the protection of future research subjects and, at the same ...

Despite the theoretical and political importance of relationship between institutional trust different forms participation in Europe, empirical focus on post-industrial economies leave literature wanting explanations cross-national variation participation. In this article, we test whether levels corruption influence We rely 9th wave European Social Survey results for an in-depth analysis trust,...

The paper investigates the causal relationship between trust in institutions and compliance with measures introduced to slow down spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19 Slovakia. In addition, impact socio-economic characteristics on was analysed. Data were obtained from a survey carried out by Slovak Academy Sciences representative sample population 1,000 respondents. To derive institutional beha...

Lack of trust is one of the most frequently cited reasons for consumers not purchasing from Internet vendors. During the last three years a number of empirical studies have investigated the role of trust in the specific context of e-commerce, focusing on different aspects of this multi-dimensional construct. However, empirical research in this area is beset by conflicting conceptualizations of ...

Trust is a ubiquitous term used in emerging technology (e.g., Big Data, precision medicine), innovation policy, and governance literatures in particular. But what exactly is trust? Even though trust is considered a critical requirement for the successful deployment of precision medicine initiatives, nonetheless, there is a need for further conceptualization with regard to what qualifies as trus...

The success of the country's innovative development depends not only on supply side (production products), but also demand – readiness population to adopt new technologies. In this article we test two hypotheses using data from representative surveys conducted in 2018 and 2020. first hypothesis is about a positive relationship between institutional trust (trust federal, regional municipal autho...