How ecologically uneven developments put the spin on the treadmill of production

Organization and Environment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-54

  Bunker, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Economies of scale; Raw materials; Transport

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORLD SYSTEM;

EID: 14644421516     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026604270434     Document Type: Article

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