Asset specificity roles in interfirm cooperation: Reducing opportunistic behavior or increasing cooperative behavior?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1214-1219

  Lui, Steven S ^a   Wong, Yin yee ^b   Liu, Weiping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asset specificity; Contract; Relational exchange; Transaction cost; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749123587     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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