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REGULATION & GOVERNANCE
Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 253-273Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5991.2008.00037.x
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certification; fair labor association; footwear industry; global governance; non-state market regulation; qualitative comparative analysis (QCA)
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Non-state market regulation has become a central focus and continues to receive scholarly attention. The present paper provides an assessment of the conditions under which multinational firms join a multi-stakeholder certification initiative. The cases of the Fair labor Association and 17 international sport footwear companies have been selected for this purpose. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of the 17 cases is performed. The paper argues that the combination of sustained NGO pressure and public ownership of a firm is a necessary precondition for firms joining a multi-stakeholder certification initiative. The theoretical and policy implications of this result are discussed.
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