Social capital configuration, legal bonds and performance in buyer-supplier relationships

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-288

  Carey, Sinéad ^a   Lawson, Benn ^b   Krause, Daniel R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buyer supplier relationships; Performance; Social Capital Theory

Indexed keywords

BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS; COGNITIVE DIMENSIONS; INNOVATION PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE OUTCOME; SOCIAL CAPITAL THEORY; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STRUCTURAL DIMENSIONS;

COMMERCE;

SALES;

EID: 79952751744     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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