Contract governance and buyer-supplier conflict: The moderating role of institutions

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 41, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-24

  Bai, Xuan ^a   Sheng, Shibin ^b   Li, Julie Juan ^c  

^a SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavior based contract; Conflict; Institution theory; Legal enforceability; Output based contract; Unilateral government support

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; SALES;

BEHAVIOR-BASED; BEHAVIOR-BASED CONTRACT; CONFLICT; CONTRACT GOVERNANCES; GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS; INSTITUTION THEORY; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; LEGAL ENFORCEABILITY; OUTPUT-BASED CONTRACT; UNILATERAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORT;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84971296095     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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