Corporate purchasing practices in global production networks: A socially contested terrain

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-51

  Barrientos, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate purchasing practices; Gender; Global production networks; Labour

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GARMENT INDUSTRY; GENDER ROLE; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 84872487198     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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