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100 _aGoldman, Abigail,
245 4 _aThe Wal-Mart Effect: An Empire Built on Bargains Remakes the....
_cAbigail Goldman and Nancy Cleeland.
260 _bLos Angeles Times,
_c2003.
440 _aSIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
_nArticle 302,
_pBusiness,
_x1522-3191;
500 _aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
500 _aOriginally Published: The Wal-Mart Effect: An Empire Built on Bargains Remakes the..., Nov. 23, 2003; pp. n.p..
520 _a"Wal-Mart's decisions influence wages and working conditions across a wide swath of the world economy, from the shopping center of Las Vegas to the factories of Honduras and South Asia. Its business is so vital to developing countries that some send emissaries to the corporate headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., almost as if Wal-Mart were a sovereign nation." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article discusses how Wal-Mart's international ties affect prices and wages throughout the world.
599 _aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
650 _aCompetition, Unfair
650 _aCorporations
_xCorrupt practices
650 _aDiscount houses (Retail trade)
650 _aEmployees
_xAttitudes
650 _aGrocery trade
650 _aIndustrial suppliers
650 _aInternational business enterprises
650 _aLabor unions
_xOrganizing
650 _aOffshore assembly industry
650 _aPrices
650 _aWages
610 _aWal-Mart Stores
650 _aWork environment
710 _aProQuest Information and Learning Company
_tSIRS Enduring Issues 2004,
_pBusiness.
_x1522-3191;
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