Environmental practice in the commodity chain: The dyestuff and tanning industries compared

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 254-288

  Merete Knutsen, Hege ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Commodity chains; Competitiveness; Environmental practice; Restructuring; Sourcing; Spatial and functional division of labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034386811     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096922900346965     Document Type: Article

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