The social constitution of trust: Supplier relations in Britain and Germany

Organization Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-395

  Lane, Christel ^a   Bachmann, Reinhard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Britain; Germany; Institutional embeddedness of the firm; Neo institutionalism; Supplier relations; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040834792     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/017084069601700302     Document Type: Article

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