Revisiting the Trust-performance Link in Strategic Alliances

Management International Review

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-289

  Mohr, Alexander T ^a   Puck, Jonas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Performance; Strategic alliances; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876432431     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-012-0145-0     Document Type: Article

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