Regulating labour standards via supply chains: Combining public/private interventions to improve workplace compliance

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 791-814

  Weil, David ^a   Mallo, Carlos ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ernst and Young ^*

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EID: 35948974014     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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