Clusters, Chains and Compliance: Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance in Football Manufacturing in South Asia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 93, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2010, Pages 201-222

  Lund Thomsen, Peter ^a   Nadvi, Khalid ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; global value chains; industrial clusters; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650416332     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0561-7     Document Type: Article

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