Hazardous Waste Management and Corporate Social Responsibility: Illegal Trade of Electrical and Electronic Waste

Business and Society Review

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-53

  Boudier, Fabienne ^a   Bensebaa, Faouzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

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EID: 79952429267     PISSN: 00453609     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8594.2011.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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