Why Do Business Partners Divorce? The Role of Cultural Distance in Inter-Firm Conflict Behavior

Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Vaaland, Terje I ^a   Haugland, Sven A ^b   Purchase, Sharon ^c  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business relationship; Conflict; Culture; Projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017379214     PISSN: 1051712X     EISSN: 15470628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J033v11n04_01     Document Type: Article

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