Efficiency seeking behaviour in changing management control in interfirm transactional relationships: An extended transaction cost economics perspective

Journal of Accounting & Organizational Change

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-143

  Vosselman, Ed ^a   Van Der Meer Kooistra, Jeltje ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Change management; Control; Data handling; Intergroup relations; Transaction costs; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993053985     PISSN: 18325912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18325910610675970     Document Type: Article

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