Fair Trade organizations in Belgium: Unity in diversity?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue SUPPL 2, 2010, Pages 217-240

  Huybrechts, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Fair Trade; Fair Trade organizations; Networking; Organizational diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865183383     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0580-4     Document Type: Article

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