Sweet Sweatshops - A Reflexion about the Impact of Sweatshops on Countries’ Competitiveness

• Authors: Jean-François Rouge
• Languages of publication: EN
• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: ECONOMICS
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-36

Dates

published

2016-06-01

online

2016-07-15

Contributors

author

Jean-François Rouge

• Ecole Supérieure de la Francophonie pour l’Administration et le Management, Sofia, Bulgarie

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DOI

10.1515/eoik-2015-0023