Globlisation, firm upgrading and impacts on labour

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 470-479

  Knorringa, Peter ^a   Pegler, Lee ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Decent work; Employment conditions; Ethical trade; Firm upgrading; Global value chains; Globalisation; Labour

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751325937     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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