Political instability and business: focus on Shell in Nigeria

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 457-478

  Frynas, Jedrzej George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; SHELL;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031696322     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436599814343     Document Type: Article

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