Do suppliers' formal controls damage distributors' trust?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 896-906

  Sánchez, José M ^a   Vélez, María L ^a   Ramón Jerónimo, María A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Formal control system; Inter organizational relationships; Trust; Vertical distribution channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861570305     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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