The relations between transactional characteristics, trust and risk in the start-up phase of a collaborative alliance

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-364

  Langfield Smith, Kim ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Controls; Management control systems; Risk; Strategic alliances; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949106767     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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