Contract Specificity, Contract Violation, and Relationship Performance in International Buyer–Supplier Relationships

This work examines contractual governance in international buyer–supplier relationships by investigating the linkages between contract specificity, contract violation, and relationship performance as well as the roles of contract monitoring and a country's institutional factors (i.e., country business risk and country globalization). The findings, based on a survey of international buyer–supplier relationships, provide new insights into a...