The role of trustworthiness in reducing transaction costs and improving performance: Empirical evidence from the United States, Japan, and Korea

Organization Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-68

  Dyer, Jeffrey H ^a   Chu, Wujin ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Information Sharing; Transaction Costs; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037288636     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.14.1.57.12806     Document Type: Article

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