Empirical test of the trust-performance link in an international alliances context

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 293-306

  Costa e Silva, Susana ^a   Bradley, Frank ^b   Sousa, Carlos M P ^b  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Interaction effect; International alliances; Performance; Portugal; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857993441     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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