Transnational private regulation in practice: The limits of forest and labor standards certification in Indonesia

Business and Politics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bartley, Tim ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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regulation

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EID: 78149416975     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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