Trustworthiness as a Source of Competitive Advantage

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1 S, 1994, Pages 175-190

  Barney, Jay B ^a   Hansen, Mark H ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

competitive advantage; organizational economics; resourcebased view of the firm; transaction cost economics; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989092701     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.4250150912     Document Type: Article

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