The Economic Value of Trust in Supplier-Buyer Relationships

In this paper we investigate the relationship between supplier trust in the buyer and transaction costs, information sharing, and re[ation-specific investments in a sample of 453 supplier automaker exchange relationships in the U. S., Japan, and Korea. Our findings indicate that trust reduces tra...

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Main Authors: Dyer, Jeffrey, Chu, Wujin
Language:en_US
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1439