For lack of anything better? International organizations and global corporate codes

Public Administration

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 451-470

  Baccaro, Lucio ^a   Mele, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; OECD; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 79959547271     PISSN: 00333298     EISSN: 14679299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2011.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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