“…In turn, relationship types and levels are also conditioning factors because there are different levels of stability, cooperation, trust and interdependence between companies, characteristics that make more or less favorable and effective the IOCM approach ( Slagmulder, 1999;Farias et al, 2016;Kajüter & Kulmala, 2005;Souza, 2008). The literature shows that relationships of mutual trust have been shown to be essential in IOCM relationships and practices (Uddin, Fu, & Akhter, 2020), aiming to satisfy the continuity of relationships and take advantage of the opportunities of interdependencies (Rocha & Fehr, 2018;Schuijer, 2020).…”