Cooperation contracts between embedded firms

Organization Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 825-852

  Blumberg, Boris F ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commitments; Cooperation; Social embeddedness; Transaction cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039146095     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840601225004     Document Type: Article

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