Organizing accountability in transnational standards organizations: The forest stewardship council as a good governance model

Organizing Transnational Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 61-79

  Gulbrandsen, Lars H ^a  

^a FRIDTJOF NANSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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