Trust: Forms, Foundations, Functions, Failures and Figures - Softcover

Nooteboom, Bart

 
9781843764304: Trust: Forms, Foundations, Functions, Failures and Figures
Softcover
ISBN 10: 184376430X ISBN 13: 9781843764304
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

Trust is an elusive concept, meaning different things to different people, and so needs to be clearly defined. By focusing on relations within and between firms, Bart Nooteboom undertakes to produce a clearer definition of trust and its role in the economy.

Trust deals with a range of questions such as: what are the roles of trust? What can we trust in? Can trust serve as an instrument for the governance of relations? Is trust a substitute, a precondition or an outcome of contracts? The author then goes on to analyse what trust is based on, what its limits are, how it grows and how it can also break down. The role of intermediaries is also discussed.

Bart Nooteboom argues that trust goes beyond calculative self-interest and that blind, unconditional trust is unwise. He then examines the paradox of how trust can be non-calculative and yet, not blind. The book also reveals ways to measure and model trust, its antecedents and its consequences.

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About the Author

The late Bart Nooteboom, formerly Professor Emeritus, Tilburg University, The Netherlands

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Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
184376430X
ISBN 13 
9781843764304
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256

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