Trust, governance and performance: The role of institutional and interpersonal trust in SME development

International Sociology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Rus, Andrej ^a   Iglič, Hajdeja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bosnia Herzegovina; Governance; Institutions; Interorganizational relations; Organization theory; Slovenia; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 24144451087     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580905055481     Document Type: Article

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