NATURE OF TRUST IN SMALL FIRM CLUSTERS
The International Journal of Organizational Analysis
ISSN: 1055-3185
Article publication date: 1 February 2003
Abstract
Small firm clusters are noted for their success across the globe. Inter‐firm cooperation and trust is said to be central to their success. But past research has restricted itself to ‘culture’ based explanations for cooperation and trust, that is, characteristic based trust. Doubts have been cast by a few studies about characteristic alone being a rationale for trust. In this paper, using the existing classification of trust and based on qualitative data from secondary literature on small firm clusters; we have argued for existence of more generalized bases of trust, namely knowledge and institutions, which develop through interaction among parties and can possibly lead to trust and cooperation in small firm clusters.
Citation
Dwivedi, M., Varman, R. and Saxena, K.K. (2003), "NATURE OF TRUST IN SMALL FIRM CLUSTERS", The International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 93-104. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028964
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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