&D investment, and derive predictions on the effects of trust and competition on suppliers' investment and buyers' procurement … - but also with more competitive procurement: trust and rents from reduced supplier competition in the procurement process …

; competition ; specific investment ; suppliers ; car manufacturers ; German automotive industry …

quality - but also with more competition among suppliers. Both associations hold only for parts involving comparatively … relationships involving higher trust, buyers are able to induce higher investment and more intense competition among suppliers - but …