Research notes and commentaries: Too much love in the neighborhood can hurt: How an excess of intensity and trust in relationships may produce negative effects on firms

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1013-1023

  Molina Morales, F Xavier ^a   MartíNez FernáNdez, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Industrial district; Innovation; Networks; Social capital; Trustsocial interactions

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; FIRM VALUE; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; NETWORKS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; TRUSTSOCIAL INTERACTIONS; U-SHAPED; VALENCIA;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 68249135448     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.766     Document Type: Article

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