Building trust-Evidence from Vietnamese entrepreneurs

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-182

  Nguyen, Thang V ^a   Rose, Jerman ^b  

^a NATIONAL ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional theory; Social exchange theory; Trust; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649116471     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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