Opportunism, organizational economics and the network approach

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-205

  Foss, Nicolai J ^a   Koch, Carsten A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Network approach; Opportunistic behavior; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030163360     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0956-5221(95)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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