Trust in buyer-supplier relations: The case of the Turkish automotive industry

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-131

  Wasti, Syeda Nazli ^a   Wasti, Syeda Arzu ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Buyer supplier relations; Developing countries; Trust; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049129150     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400309     Document Type: Article

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