Responsible retailers? Ethical trade and the strategic re-regulation of cross-continental food supply chains

Cross-Continental Agro-Food Chains

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 141-154

  Hughes, Alex ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906365941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203448175     Document Type: Chapter

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