Cooperative strategies in customer-supplier relationships: The role of interfirm trust

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-87

  Laaksonen, Toni ^a   Jarimo, Toni ^b   Kulmala, Harri I ^c  

^a ABB OY   (Finland)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c FIMECC Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Cost management; Game theory; Inter organizational relationship; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COOPERATION; COOPERATIVE STRATEGY; COST MANAGEMENT; CUSTOMER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP; MUTUAL TRUST; PARTNER SELECTION; REAL COSTS; TRANSACTION COST; TRUST;

COMPETITION; COSTS; MODEL STRUCTURES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 67649404771     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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