Trust in a 'post-socialist region': A study of east German ICT entrepreneurs' willingness to trust each other

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-81

  Nuissl, Henning ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Qualitative content analysis; SME cooperation; Trust

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 12144264436     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776405046263     Document Type: Article

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