United nations-business partnerships: Good intentions and contradictory agendas

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 39-56

  Utting, Peter ^a   Zammit, Ann ^a  

^a Palais des Nations   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Global governance; Public private partnerships; Transnational corporations; United Nations organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349216587     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9917-7     Document Type: Article

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