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Journal of Marketing 1990

A Model of Distributor Firm and Manufacturer Firm Working Partnerships

James C. Anderson1; James A. Narus2

1 Kellogg's (Canada) · 2 Wake Forest University

Abstract

A model of distributor firm and manufacturer firm working partnerships is presented and is assessed empirically on a sample of distributor firms and a sample of manufacturer firms. A multiple-informant research method is employed. Support is found for a number of the hypothesized construct relations and, in both manufacturer firm and distributor firm models, for the respecification of cooperation as an antecedent rather than a consequence of trust. Some implications for marketing practice are discussed briefly.

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10.1177/002224299005400103
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