Prior ties, shared values and cooperation in public-private partnerships

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 353-374

  Zhang, Zhe ^a   Wan, Difang ^a   Jia, Ming ^b   Gu, Lihong ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Xian Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Formal contract; Informal contract; Prior ties; Shared values; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350510071     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2009.00154.x     Document Type: Article

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