%0 Journal Article
%T Trust and the successful coordination of SME co-operation ¨C an empirical study in Slovenia
%A Matthias Fink
%A Alexander Kessler
%A Mojca Duh
%A Jernej Belak
%J Economic and Business Review
%D 2010
%I University of Ljubljana
%X This paper aims to investigate the role of trust and test the impact of trust on performance in the context of co-operation between small- and medium-sized enterprises (¡®SMEs¡¯) in a transition country. Based on a sample of 122 Slovenian SMEs, an analysis based on OLS regression reveals that trust does have a strong impact on performance. We thereby identify trust as a powerful co-ordinating mechanism for SME relationships involving co-operation in transition economies.
%U http://www.ebrjournal.net/ojs/index.php/ebr/article/view/16