Fair Trade coffee in the United States: Why companies join the movement

Fair Trade: The Challenges of Transforming Globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 83-102

  Grodnik, Ann ^a   Conroy, Michael E ^b  

^a Northwest Security Institute   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 80052678141     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203933534     Document Type: Chapter

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