Accounting for control and trust building in interfirm transactional relationships

Accounting, Organizations and Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-283

  Vosselman, Ed ^a   Meer Kooistra, Jeltje van der ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 58249090987     PISSN: 03613682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aos.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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