Building trust in construction partnering projects: An exploratory case-study

Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-108

  Laan, Albertus ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels ^b   Voordijk, Hans ^a   Dewulf, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alliance contract; Case study; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956285410     PISSN: 14784092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pursup.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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