Environmental and firm level influences on inter-organizational trust and SME performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1752-1781

  Gaur, Ajai S ^a   Mukherjee, Debmalya ^b   Gaur, Sanjaya S ^c   Schmid, Florian ^d  

^a RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d Roland Berger Strategy Consultants ^*  (Germany)

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EID: 80054839596     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2011.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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