The global sourcing and codes of conduct debate: Five myths and five recommendations

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1005-1018

  Lund Thomsen, Peter ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ETHICS; LABOR SUPPLY; OUTSOURCING;

EID: 58149357466     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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