Taming corporations or buttressing market-led development? A critical assessment of the global compact

Globalizations

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 500-513

  Soederberg, Susanne ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 51249160281     PISSN: 14747731     EISSN: 1474774X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14747730701695760     Document Type: Article

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