International Standards and Standard-Setting Bodies

The Oxford Handbook of Business and Government

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Büthe, Tim ^a   Mattli, Walter ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business government relations; Economic actors; Economic interdependence; Financial markets; International economy; International standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923504169     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199214273.003.0020     Document Type: Chapter

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