La Laguna: Of exporting jeans and changing labour relations

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 480-490

  Van Dooren, Robine ^a  

^a Ministry of Economic Affairs Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cluster; Globalisation; La Laguna; Labour relations; NAFTA; Value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751306597     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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