Opportunism and unilateral commitment: The moderating effect of relational capital

Management Decision

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 737-751

  Delerue Vidot, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745075928     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740610673305     Document Type: Article

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