An empirical investigation of interorganizational opportunism and contracting mechanisms

Strategic Organization

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-84

  Lumineau, Fabrice ^a   Quélin, Bertrand V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Formal contract; legal fees; opportunism; relational contract; vertical relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856589340     PISSN: 14761270     EISSN: 1741315X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476127011434798     Document Type: Article

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