The international trade in conflict minerals: Coltan

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-193

  Ayres, Christopher J ^a  

^a BERLIN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND LAW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Armies; Coltan; Conflict; Crimes against humanity; Genocide; International trade; Militias; Minerals; Mobile phones; Republic of the Congo; War crimes; Weapons

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860599741     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422041211230730     Document Type: Article

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