Fragile and Resilient Trust and Their Roles in Economic Exchange
区分了经济交换中的两种信任形式:脆弱信任和韧性信任,探讨了经济主体如何学习并依赖它们,对实践和学术研究有启示。
Interfirm collaboration and trust are topics currently exciting research interest. The literature treats trust as a unitary concept, providing little understanding of those processes that create trust, or are employed by parties relying on trust. I suggest that two distinct forms of trust can be observed in economic exchanges: fragile trust and resilient trust. I define these kinds of trust, speculate on processes by which economic actors learn about them, and explore contexts in which they are likely to be relied upon by economic actors. I conclude with a discussion of implications for practice and scholarship.