Standards, techno-economic networks, and playing fields: Performing the global market economy

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-536

  Loconto, Allison ^a   Busch, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Conformity assessment; Globalization; Governance; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955791577     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290903319870     Document Type: Article

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