The importance of trust vis-à-vis reliance in business relationships: Some international findings

Studies in Economics and Finance

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 318-339

  Jiang, Zhizhong ^a   Henneberg, Stephan C ^b   Naudé, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business relationships; International business; Reliance; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053916880     PISSN: 10867376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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