Inter-firm trust in buyer-supplier relations: are knowledge spillovers and geographical proximity relevant?
Abstract: This paper empirically examines the impact of knowledge spillovers and geographical proximity on inter-firm trust in buyer–supplier relations. In particular, the effects of incoming knowledge spillovers from vertically related firms and firms’ appropriability problems are analyzed. The results suggest that there is a positive relationship between incoming knowledge spillovers from business partners and the level of inter-firm trust. Firms’ appropriability problems, however, lead to a decrease in inter-firm trust. Firms that cannot protect their technical knowledge have a greater perception of customer (supplier) opportunism. Furthermore, estimation results indicate that inter-firm trust between geographically close partners exceeds inter-firm trust between distant partners
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Language
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Englisch
- Notes
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Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ; 67 (2008) 3-4 ; 855-870
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Veröffentlichung
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Mannheim
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2008
- Creator
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Bönte, Werner
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jebo.2006.12.004
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-263058
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Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- 14.08.2025, 10:50 AM CEST
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Associated
- Bönte, Werner
Time of origin
- 2008
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