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Trust and forms of capital in business-to-business activities and relationships
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-19, 15:43 authored by Finch, J, Wagner, B, Hynes, NThe IMP group's ARA model, with its emphasis on interaction, captures social and economic dimensions of exchanges. We draw on it to compare three cases and assess how actors act in skilful and nuanced ways in mobilizing resources, given the very different norms of social and economic capital. We prioritize action ahead of structure and, given the inherent uncertainties that actors encounter in connection with resources, argue that trust is a cognitive and heuristic dimension of action, distinct from resources, actor-bonds and social capital. We conclude that for business practice, managers should be mindful that in order to trust others, they need to act in the distinct realms of social and economic capital, tempting though it is to interpret and measure the costs of actions economically.
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Publication title
Industrial Marketing ManagementVolume
39Issue
6Pagination
1019-1027ISSN
0019-8501Department/School
TSBEPublisher
Elsevier Science IncPlace of publication
360 Park Ave South, New York, USA, Ny, 10010-1710Rights statement
Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc.Repository Status
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