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Review of Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains by Stefano Ponte

Zed Books, London, UK, 2019, 273 pp, ISBN 978-1-7869-9260-4

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Acknowledgements

The author is thankful to Professor K.V. Gopakumar for providing helpful comments on the drafts of this book review and for his guidance, and to Professor Sukhpal Singh for recommending this book to her. The author is also thankful to the editor and the anonymous reviewer(s) for their valuable comments which greatly helped to improve the draft of this book review.

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Dagar, S. Review of Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains by Stefano Ponte. J Bus Ethics 168, 671–673 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04594-2

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