Production goes global, compliance stays local: Private regulation in the global electronics industry

Regulation and Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 224-242

  Distelhorst, Greg ^a   Locke, Richard M ^b   Pal, Timea ^c   Samel, Hiram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Globalization; Labor standards; Private regulation; Transnational governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941023573     PISSN: 17485983     EISSN: 17485991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rego.12096     Document Type: Article

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