Uneven geographies of organizational practice: Explaining the cross-national transfer and diffusion of ISO 9000

Economic Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-259

  Neumayer, Eric ^a   Perkins, Richard ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross national diffusion; Globalization; Institutionalism; ISO 9000; Standards

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 24744464807     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2005.tb00269.x     Document Type: Review

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