Climate of Trust
In relationships of cooperation whose objective is innovation, sensitive technological or
business-related information has to be shared. Contractual safeguards do provide basic
guidelines for cooperation, but they only offer limited protection against abuses. Trust is thus
an indispensable basis for all cooperation. An adequate picture of the climate of trust in a
network can only be obtained from the participants themselves (Figure 3).
Figur 3
Participant rating of the confidence
within the network 2001
"There is trust and fairness between
the partners in the networks."
completely

Source: DIW Berlin and partners, questionnaire
from summer 2001.
DIW Berlin 2002
The majority of network partners state that the necessary climate of trust is either fully or
partially existent in their networks. Only approximately one-tenth of those questioned found
fault with the climate of trust in their network. On this point, evaluations vary relatively widely
among the networks. The average results obtained from a scaled assessment ranging from
poor (1) to excellent (5) was between 3.0 and 4.2. For all networks, the average was 3.8;
seven were more than .2 percentage points below the average and four were more than .2
percentage points above. The internal cohesiveness in these networks received a similar
assessment, in part being judged as in need of improvement, and in part as well developed.
10
More intriguing information
1. The name is absent2. Can genetic algorithms explain experimental anomalies? An application to common property resources
3. Two-Part Tax Controls for Forest Density and Rotation Time
4. Giant intra-abdominal hydatid cysts with multivisceral locations
5. Nurses' retention and hospital characteristics in New South Wales, CHERE Discussion Paper No 52
6. Who’s afraid of critical race theory in education? a reply to Mike Cole’s ‘The color-line and the class struggle’
7. Une nouvelle vision de l'économie (The knowledge society: a new approach of the economy)
8. Recognizability of Individual Creative Style Within and Across Domains: Preliminary Studies
9. Banking Supervision in Integrated Financial Markets: Implications for the EU
10. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES