Indian Garment Clusters and CSR Norms: Incompatible Agendas at the Bottom of the Garment Commodity Chain

Oxford Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 238-258

  Mezzadri, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMODITY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EXPORT; GARMENT INDUSTRY; LABOR STANDARD;

BAREILLY; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 84899961718     PISSN: 13600818     EISSN: 14699966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2014.885939     Document Type: Article

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