Measuring inter-organizational trust-a critical review of the empirical research in 1990-2003

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-265

  Seppänen, Risto ^a   Blomqvist, Kirsimarja ^a   Sundqvist, Sanna ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conceptualization; Inter organizational trust; Measurement; Operationalization; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846654487     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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