indicates that given lower levels of opportunism, bilateral idiosyncratic investments and interpersonal trust enhance … opportunism, goal congruence becomes a more powerful safeguard, while interpersonal trust becomes less effective. Bilateral …Opportunism is a central construct in exchange theory. Economists contend that despite the firm's best efforts to erect …

have focused on informal arrangements and cooperation between firms, including informal relations, trust links, family … the costs of information and planning, and furthermore protect themselves from the hazards of opportunism. In doing so …