High Growth Firms in Low Trust Environments - an Empirical Study

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  • Dominika Latusek-Jurczak Kozminski University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18559/SOEP.2017.9.3

Keywords:

Entrepreneurship, Trust, Organizational trust, Qualitative research, Startup, Empirical researches

Abstract

According to existing studies, high growth enterprises flourish mainly in high trust societies. The article presents a qualitative study conducted among successful start-ups in Poland, where the level of social trust is extremely low. 

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2017-09-30

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Latusek-Jurczak, D. (2017). High Growth Firms in Low Trust Environments - an Empirical Study. Studia Oeconomica Posnaniensia, 5(9), 37-49. https://doi.org/10.18559/SOEP.2017.9.3