Integrating variable risk preferences, trust, and transaction cost economics

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-99

  Chiles, Todd H ^a,b   Mcmackin, John F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 0030529485     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.1996.9602161566     Document Type: Article

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