Inter-Organizational Trust on Financial Performance: Proposing Innovation as a Mediating Variable to Sustain in a Disruptive Era

Judit Oláh, Yusmar Ardhi Hidayat, Zdzisława Dacko-Pikiewicz, Morshadul Hasan, József Popp · 2021 · Sustainability

Summary. Hungarian ICT companies that build trust with business partners innovate more effectively and achieve better financial performance. The study of 100 micro, small, and medium-sized ICT firms shows that innovation acts as the mechanism linking inter-organizational trust to improved financial outcomes. Trust drives innovation, which then drives profitability in the disruptive technology sector.

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Oláh, J., Hidayat, Y. A., Dacko-Pikiewicz, Z., Hasan, M., & Popp, J.. (2021). Inter-Organizational Trust on Financial Performance: Proposing Innovation as a Mediating Variable to Sustain in a Disruptive Era. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179947

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DOI: 10.3390/su13179947
Countries: Hungary
Regions: Europe
Categories: innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28