Financialization across the Pacific: Manufacturing cost ratios, supply chains and power

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-57

  Froud, Julie ^a   Johal, Sukhdev ^b   Leaver, Adam ^a   Williams, Karel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apple Inc.; Business model; Financialization; Foxconn International Holdings; Trans Pacific supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895900494     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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