Interorganizational Trust: Origins, Dysfunctions and Regulation of Rigidities

British Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-41

  Thorgren, Sara ^a   Wincent, Joakim ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 79951536398     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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