Global standards and the dynamics of environmental compliance in India's leather industry

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-267

  Tewari, Meenu ^a   Pillai, Poonam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23044436780     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600810500137947     Document Type: Article

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