... on social exchange theory, the study develops a framework integrating mediated and nonmediated power, contractual and relational governance with SOC . Data were collected using a survey questionnaire from buyers of industrial products. The proposed model was tested using structural equation modeling...

...Yiwei Wang; Wenxue Lu; Wenqian Guo Purpose Existing literature generally recognizes relational governance as the main informal mechanism for managing opportunism. However, how guanxi relates to opportunism and how it compares in effectiveness remain unclear. To address these gaps...

...Ning Li; Chao Hu; Li Zhang Purpose According to governance theory, choosing an effective supply chain (SC) governance mechanism can balance the interests and conflicts between enterprises and help them achieve their performance goals. However, incentive and relational governance have not been...

...Chiara Luisa Cantù; Daniel Schepis; Roberto Minunno; Greg Morrison Purpose This paper aims to investigate the role of relational governance in innovation platform development, specifically investigating the context of living labs. Design/methodology/approach Two longitudinal case studies...

... research by proposing that contractual and relational governance are complementary and that the presence of trust (affective and competence-based) moderates the relationship between contextual factors and SCG. Originality/value This research advances the SCG literature by proposing trust (affective...

... and responsive MO) and the trade-off between two categories of governance mechanisms (i.e. contractual governance [CG] and relational governance [RG]). In doing so, the contingent effects of the governance mechanisms on the relationships between two-dimensional MO and service innovation capability (SIC...

...Ngoc Luu; Jack Cadeaux; Liem Viet Ngo Purpose The purposes of this study are to examine how contractual and relational governance mechanisms influence total value created in a buyer–supplier relationship and to investigate how supplier’s information sharing and information sharing asymmetry...

...Rodolfo Vázquez-Casielles; Victor Iglesias; Concepción Varela-Neira Purpose This paper aims to investigate the extent to which relation-specific investments undertaken by the distributor favor the presence of various governance structures (formal contract and relational governance). Furthermore...