Business and development-towards re-politicisation

Journal of International Development

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 819-833

  Edward, Peter ^a   Tallontire, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business; Corporate social responsibility; Development; Fairtrade; Millennium development goals; Politics; Social enterprise

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; HEURISTICS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; POLITICS;

EID: 69849092745     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1614     Document Type: Article

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