Trust, calculativeness, and relationships: A special issue 20 years after Williamson's warning

Journal of Trust Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-21

  Möllering, Guido ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

calculation; Oliver E. Williamson; relationships; trust; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928908837     PISSN: 21515581     EISSN: 2151559X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21515581.2014.891316     Document Type: Editorial

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