Trade associations: Exploring the Trans Tasman environment for business associability

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 404-422

  Perry, Martin ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Business cooperation; Business network; Enterprise diversity; New Zealand; Shared trust; Trade associations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953847709     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.15.4.404     Document Type: Article

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