Fair trade: Towards an economics of virtue

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue SUPPL 2, 2010, Pages 241-255

  Nicholls, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic development; Empowerment; Fair Trade; Institutionalism; Social entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960760817     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0581-3     Document Type: Article

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