The moderating role of trust in contractual choice

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 374-390

  Fernández Olmos, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contracts; Trust; Viticulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952778194     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111116446     Document Type: Article

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