Trust in supply chains, meanings, determinants and demonstrations: A qualitative study in an emerging market context

Qualitative Market Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-409

  Skandrani, Hamida ^a   Triki, Abdelfattah ^a   Baratli, Boudour ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b ENIM   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Qualitative research; Supply chains; Trust; Trust determinants and manifestations; Trust meanings; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053064094     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522751111163227     Document Type: Article

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