Escalation of governance: Effects of voluntary standardization on organizations, markets and standards in swiss fair trade

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Arnold, Nadine ^a   Hasse, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fair trade; Governance; Meta Standardization; Organization; Standards market; Voluntary standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940703171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.3734     Document Type: Article

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