Ethics in international business: Multinational approaches to child labor

Journal of World Business

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-60

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Van Tulder, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0347123019     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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