The Achilles' heel of an enduring relationship: Appropriation of rents between a manufacturer and its foreign distributor

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 802-810

  Deligonul, Seyda ^a   Kim, Daekwan ^b   Roath, Anthony S ^c   Cavusgil, Erin ^d  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross border relationships; Opportunism; Rent appropriation; Resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744509868     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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