Holding Distribution Channel Relationships Together: The Role of Transaction-Specific Assets and Length of Prior Relationship

Organization Science

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages

  Weiss, Allen M ^a   Kurland, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interorganizational Relationships; Transaction Cost Theory; Trust; Trustship

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542633742     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.8.6.612     Document Type: Article

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