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

In this paper we examine the antecedents and outcomes of supplier trust in 453 supplier-automakerrelationships in the U.S., Japan and Korea. Our findings indicate that high supplier trust emergeswhen (1) automakers have developed assistance-giving routines to help suppliers improve, and...

The authors use evidence from more than 200 organizations to demonstrate how companies which invest in alliance structures to co-ordinate alliance activity and systems to capture, codify, communicate and coach alliance-related know-how, definitely reap benefit in a number of ways. They also...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to advance our understanding of competitiveness. The authors introduce the concept of Competitive Productivity (CP), supplementing shortcomings of traditional understandings of national, organisational and individual productivity which overlook the nature...

PurposeIn social networking services gift giving, the decision to send a gift is often initiated by spontaneous news about others, who may have recently experienced fortune or misfortune. The purpose of this paper is to show that the valence of the other’s event can affect the empathy...

Purpose: This paper aims to introduce the concept of consumer-based brand value (CBBV), a change in the perspective of brand-equity and brand value from one where the brand is considered separately from other brands. The purpose of this paper is threefold: highlighting the theoretical...