Shaping and re-shaping social capital in buyer-supplier relationships

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-171

  Hughes, Mathew ^a   Perrons, Robert K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Shell Exploration and Production Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Innovation; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650305089     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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