Introduction: trust-building and boundary-spanning in cross-border management / Michael Zhang
Conceptual development
Trust and distrust : the microstructural ties connecting cross-border inter-partner relationships / Michael Zhang
Boundary spanning in ISAs : a trust perspective / Michael Zhang and Paul Gooderham
Trust building through boundary spanning
Trust-building and boundary-spanning in global collaborations / Thomas Tøth and Anne-Marie Søderberg
Personal attachment of boundary spanners in ISAs : a two-sided coin / Franziska Engelhard and Robin Pesch
Building trust across international boundaries : the founder's role in consulting firm's early development / Murray Taylor, Jarryd Daymond and James Willard
Trust in global value chains and the role of intermediaries / Alessandro Perri and Nancy Buchan
Boundary spanning from a trust perspective
Micro-foundation thinking in alliance learning : role of boundary spanners' theory of mind / Xinlu Qiu and Sven Haugland
Restoring trust through isomorphism at MFIs : trustworthiness and boundary permeability / Robert Swalef and Michael Zhang
Spanning the boundary of organisations : a systematic review of the inter-organisational boundary spanning literature / Ryan Tang, Xinlu Qiu and Michael Zhang
Concluding summary: linking micro-structural approach with systems theory / Michael Zhang
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