Trust and formal contracts in interorganizational relationships - Substitutes and complements

Managerial and Decision Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 833-847

  Mellewigt, Thomas ^a   Madhok, Anoop ^b,c   Weibel, Antoinette ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 37349051353     PISSN: 01436570     EISSN: 10991468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mde.1321     Document Type: Article

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