Political economy of Southeast Asian Borderlands: Migration, environment, and developing country firms

Journal of Contemporary Asia

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-514

  Pangsapa, Piya ^a   Smith, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Developing country companies; Environmental sustainability; Global Compact; Labour unions; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 52049117730     PISSN: 00472336     EISSN: 17527554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00472330802309369     Document Type: Article

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