Trust between international joint venture partners: Effects of home countries

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-282

  Ertug, Gokhan ^a   Cuypers, Ilya R P ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels G ^b   Bensaou, Ben M ^c  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

alliances and joint ventures; interorganizational relationships; research methods; survey method; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877295500     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.6     Document Type: Article

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