Fair trade: Three key challenges for reaching the mainstream

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-118

  Hira, Anil ^a   Ferrie, Jared ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coffee; Consumers; Consumption; Development; Fair trade; International trade; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644447166     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-3041-8     Document Type: Article

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