trust theory. The model is tested against quantitative data collected from 151 limited partners (LP) with headquarters … predominantly in North America and Europe. Beyond the well-known criterion of the VC firm's track record, results suggest that trust …

This study investigates the interrelationships between antecedents of importers' trust and commitment to their foreign … the internationalization process (IP), and studies examined regarding the context of relationship trust and commitment …. The model is tested using SEM on a sample of 238 importers in Bangladesh. The findings suggest that importer trust leads …

sharing, trust, conflict management, brand reputation, and performance in chain stores. The study uses data from 246 active … qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). Results show that knowledge sharing, trust, conflict management, and brand reputation …

study presents five hypotheses to determine how considering the partner's country of origin, the partner's size, and trust … hypotheses. Findings reveal the importance of trust and highlight an interesting line of future research into the role of the …

retailer-related associations from hybrid retailers' physical to online stores and that trust in online stores is a critical … thinking tendencies influence the transference of trust from hybrid retailers' land-based stores to their online stores. The … that the role of trust is more pronounced in holistic-thinking cultures (e.g., East Asians) than in analytic …

impede firms' R&D alliance formation; the focal firm's overall trust in partners enhances alliance formation. Trust interacts …

incomplete information) and empowerment on trust and trustworthiness. We implement a simple version of the standard two …'s best interest, the level of trust and investment increases over that which is realized in the absence of empowerment … greater negative effect on trust than the positive effect associated with the introduction of empowerment. …

) four categories of CSR initiatives as independent variables, (2) three types of consumer trust as mediating variables, and …. In the CSR-trust link, economic performances fostered consumer expertise trust, legal and ethical CSR activities affected … integrity trust, and philanthropic CSR activities influenced social benevolence trust in the firm. This study confirms that all …

The present two studies examine how the participants (i.e., 150 managers) make trust-based employee selection in …

This paper aims to establish the relationship between the antecedents of trust, trust itself, and franchisee … the franchise literature by offering a more comprehensive theoretical perspective to aid understanding of trust … provides empirical evidence of the impact of the franchisors' role performance and cultural sensitivity on franchisees' trust …