Sources of alliance partner trustworthiness: Integrating calculative and relational perspectives

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 276-297

  Schilke, Oliver ^a   Cook, Karen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances; Contracts; Interorganizational relationships; Organizational culture; Trust

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; PLANNING;

ALLIANCES; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PREDICTIVE POWER; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE; SURVEY DATA; TRUST;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84920875240     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2208     Document Type: Article

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