Business relationships in internet-based electronic markets: The role of goodwill trust and transaction costs

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-341

  Bunduchi, Raluca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic markets; Inter organizational relationships; Transaction cost economics; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644434292     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2005.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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