Antecedents and consequences of opportunism in buyer-supplier relations: Research synthesis and new frontiers

Industrial Marketing Management

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 895-909

  Hawkins, Timothy G ^a   Wittmann, C Michael ^b   Beyerlein, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Opportunism; Relational exchange theory; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 55449114865     PISSN: 00198501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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