Multilateralism and the multinational enterprise

Business and Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lawton, Thomas C ^a   Lindeque, Johan P ^b   McGuire, Steven M ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multinational enterprises; Pharmaceuticals; Sugar; Textiles; World Trade Organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149084315     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1274     Document Type: Article

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