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Ties that blind? How strong ties affect small business owner-managers’ perceived trustworthiness of their advisors

Teemu Kautonen TSE Entre, School of Economics, University of Turku, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Roxanne Zolin School of Management, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Andreas Kuckertz Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
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Anmari Viljamaa Business School, Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Pages 189-209 | Published online: 06 Apr 2010

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