Inter-organizational relationships and knowledge sharing through the relationship and institutional orientations in supply chains

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 473-484

  Cheng, Jao Hong ^a   Fu, Ya Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Institutional orientation; Knowledge sharing; Relational risk; Relationship orientation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

COLLABORATIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; INTER-RELATIONSHIPS; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; RELATIONAL GOVERNANCES; RELATIONSHIP ORIENTATIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84874053458     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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