Inter-firm dependence, environmental uncertainty and vertical co-ordination in industrial buyer-seller relationships

Omega

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-454

  Buvik, Arnt ^a   Grønhaug, Kjell ^b  

^a Molde College   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental uncertainty; Industrial buyer seller relationships; Resource dependence theory; Transaction cost analysis; Vertical co ordination

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; COST ACCOUNTING; SALES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASSET SPECIFICITY; BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS; BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIPS; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; INDUSTRIAL BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIP; INDUSTRIAL BUYERS; RESOURCE DEPENDENCES; RESOURCE-DEPENDENCE THEORY; TRANSACTION COST ANALYSIS; VERTICAL CO-ORDINATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034239587     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0483(99)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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