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Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards?: Lessons from Nike

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4612-06

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 14 Jul 2006

Richard Locke, Fei Qin and Alberto Brause

Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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Does Lean Improve Labor Standards? Management and Social Performance in the Nike Supply Chain

Management Science, Forthcoming, Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper No. 2013-09, Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 2337601

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 15 Sep 2015

Greg Distelhorst, Jens Hainmueller and Richard Locke

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Stanford University - Department of Political Science and Brown University

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Beyond Corporate Codes of Conduct: Work Organization and Labor Standards in Two Mexican Garment Factories

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4617-06

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Aug 2006

Richard Locke and Monica Romis

Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Unions on the Rebound: Social Embeddedness and the Transformation of Building Trades Locals

MIT Sloan Working Paper No. 4175-01

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Oct 2001

Sean C. Safford and Richard Locke

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Brown University

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Virtue Out of Necessity?: Compliance, Commitment and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4719-08

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 20 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2011

Richard Locke, Matthew Amengual and Akshay Mangla

Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

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The Promise and Perils of Private Voluntary Regulation: Labor Standards and Work Organization in Two Mexican Garment Factories

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4734-09

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 23 Apr 2009

Richard Locke and Monica Romis

Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Urban Studies and Planning

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Complements or Substitutes? Private Codes, State Regulation and the Improvement of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains

MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2012-2

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2012

Richard Locke, Ben A. Rissing and Timea Pal

Brown University, Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations and European University Institute

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper No. 2013-01

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Aug 2013

Richard Locke and Salo V. Coslovsky

Brown University and New York University (NYU)

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2013-25

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 May 2013

Salo V. Coslovsky and Richard Locke

New York University (NYU) and Brown University

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Looking in the Wrong Places?: Labor Standards and Upstream Business Practices in the Global Electronics Industry

MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2012-18

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 10 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2012

Richard Locke and Hiram M. Samel

Brown University and Said Business School, University of Oxford

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Production Goes Global, Compliance Stays Local: Private Regulation in the Global Electronics Industry

Regulation & Governance. 9(3): 224-242., MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2012-1, Watson Institute for International Studies Research Paper No. 2014-13

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 03 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2015

Greg Distelhorst, Richard Locke, Timea Pal and Hiram M. Samel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Brown University, European University Institute and Said Business School, University of Oxford

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Complements or Substitutes? Private Codes, State Regulation and the Enforcement of Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains

Across Boundaries: The Global Challenges Facing Workers and Employment Research 50th Anniversary Spe, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pp. 519-552, 2013

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Aug 2013

Richard Locke, Ben A. Rissing and Timea Pal

Brown University, Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations and European University Institute

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Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level Trade

Forthcoming, American Journal of Political Science., MIT Political Science Department Research Paper No. 2017-1, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs Research Paper No. 2017-37, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 5192-17

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 15 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 14 Jan 2018

Greg Distelhorst and Richard Locke

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and Brown University

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Richard Locke

Brown University

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Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards?: Lessons from Nike

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Does Lean Improve Labor Standards? Management and Social Performance in the Nike Supply Chain

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Beyond Corporate Codes of Conduct: Work Organization and Labor Standards in Two Mexican Garment Factories

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Unions on the Rebound: Social Embeddedness and the Transformation of Building Trades Locals

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Virtue Out of Necessity?: Compliance, Commitment and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains

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The Promise and Perils of Private Voluntary Regulation: Labor Standards and Work Organization in Two Mexican Garment Factories

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Complements or Substitutes? Private Codes, State Regulation and the Improvement of Labor Standards in Global Supply Chains

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

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Parallel Paths to Enforcement: Private Compliance, Public Regulation, and Labor Standards in the Brazilian Sugar Sector

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Looking in the Wrong Places?: Labor Standards and Upstream Business Practices in the Global Electronics Industry

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Production Goes Global, Compliance Stays Local: Private Regulation in the Global Electronics Industry

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Complements or Substitutes? Private Codes, State Regulation and the Enforcement of Labour Standards in Global Supply Chains

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Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level Trade

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