Rachel Alexander
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3590410 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Rachel Alexander |
| PRENOMES | Rachel |
| SOBRENOME | Alexander |
| ASSINATURA | ALEXANDER R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7139-7709 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2017 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Going Global
This article, based on stakeholder interviews and document analysis, compares the development of supply chain labor governance institutions in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany beginning in the late 1990s. The authors address the puzzle of why the United Kingdom's union-inclusive multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI), the Ethical Trading Initiative, rose to national dominance, while two similar MSIs failed in Germany (the Roundtable Codes of C…
Limits of buyer-driven governance for sustainability
This article questions retailers’ role as buyers driving production. Exploring a network involving Indian suppliers of UK retailers’ cotton garments, limitations preventing coercive buyer power from controlling production practices are identified. Overall, the dominant system of large-scale fragmented supplier networks connecting raw materials to final products accommodates commercially viable practices causing social or environmental challenges.…
Buyer Engagement and Labour Conditions in Global Supply Chains
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh ('the Accord') has received both praise and criticism concerning its implications for corporate responsibility and power. This article contributes to the debate by situating the Accord within a broader set of activities that buyers are engaged in to promote better labour conditions in their supply chains. The authors identify three approaches of buyer engagement: auditing, capacity building and…
Spillover Effects across Transnational Industrial Relations Agreements
Using qualitative data from interviews with multiple respondents in 45 garment brands and retailers, as well as respondents from unions and other stakeholders, the authors analyze the emergence of the Action Collaboration Transformation (ACT) living wages initiative. They ask how the inter-firm coordination and firm-union cooperation demanded by a multi-firm transnational industrial relations agreement (TIRA) developed. Synthesizing insights from…
The Wollondilly Diabetes Programme
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
The State of Nursing Home Information Technology Sophistication in Rural and Nonrural US Markets
OBJECTIVE: To test for significant differences in information technology sophistication (ITS) in US nursing homes (NH) based on location. METHODS: We administered a primary survey January 2014 to July 2015 to NH in each US state. The survey was cross-sectional and examined 3 dimensions (IT capabilities, extent of IT use, degree of IT integration) among 3 domains (resident care, clinical support, administrative activities) of ITS. ITS was broken d…
Clothing Poverty
Book review of: Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes . By Andrew BrooksLondon: Zed Books, 2019, 457 pp., $19.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-78699-737-1
Spillover Effects across Transnational Industrial Relations Agreements
Using qualitative data from interviews with multiple respondents in 45 garment brands and retailers, as well as respondents from unions and other stakeholders, the authors analyze the emergence of the Action Collaboration Transformation (ACT) living wages initiative. They ask how the inter-firm coordination and firm-union cooperation demanded by a multi-firm transnational industrial relations agreement (TIRA) developed. Synthesizing insights from…
Limits of buyer-driven governance for sustainability
This article questions retailers’ role as buyers driving production. Exploring a network involving Indian suppliers of UK retailers’ cotton garments, limitations preventing coercive buyer power from controlling production practices are identified. Overall, the dominant system of large-scale fragmented supplier networks connecting raw materials to final products accommodates commercially viable practices causing social or environmental challenges.…
Buyer Engagement and Labour Conditions in Global Supply Chains
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh ('the Accord') has received both praise and criticism concerning its implications for corporate responsibility and power. This article contributes to the debate by situating the Accord within a broader set of activities that buyers are engaged in to promote better labour conditions in their supply chains. The authors identify three approaches of buyer engagement: auditing, capacity building and…
The State of Nursing Home Information Technology Sophistication in Rural and Nonrural US Markets
OBJECTIVE: To test for significant differences in information technology sophistication (ITS) in US nursing homes (NH) based on location. METHODS: We administered a primary survey January 2014 to July 2015 to NH in each US state. The survey was cross-sectional and examined 3 dimensions (IT capabilities, extent of IT use, degree of IT integration) among 3 domains (resident care, clinical support, administrative activities) of ITS. ITS was broken d…
The Wollondilly Diabetes Programme
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
Buyer Engagement and Labour Conditions in Global Supply Chains
The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh ('the Accord') has received both praise and criticism concerning its implications for corporate responsibility and power. This article contributes to the debate by situating the Accord within a broader set of activities that buyers are engaged in to promote better labour conditions in their supply chains. The authors identify three approaches of buyer engagement: auditing, capacity building and…
Spillover Effects across Transnational Industrial Relations Agreements
Using qualitative data from interviews with multiple respondents in 45 garment brands and retailers, as well as respondents from unions and other stakeholders, the authors analyze the emergence of the Action Collaboration Transformation (ACT) living wages initiative. They ask how the inter-firm coordination and firm-union cooperation demanded by a multi-firm transnational industrial relations agreement (TIRA) developed. Synthesizing insights from…
Limits of buyer-driven governance for sustainability
This article questions retailers’ role as buyers driving production. Exploring a network involving Indian suppliers of UK retailers’ cotton garments, limitations preventing coercive buyer power from controlling production practices are identified. Overall, the dominant system of large-scale fragmented supplier networks connecting raw materials to final products accommodates commercially viable practices causing social or environmental challenges.…
Clothing Poverty
Book review of: Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes . By Andrew BrooksLondon: Zed Books, 2019, 457 pp., $19.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-78699-737-1
Going Global
This article, based on stakeholder interviews and document analysis, compares the development of supply chain labor governance institutions in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany beginning in the late 1990s. The authors address the puzzle of why the United Kingdom's union-inclusive multi-stakeholder initiative (MSI), the Ethical Trading Initiative, rose to national dominance, while two similar MSIs failed in Germany (the Roundtable Codes of C…
Economics (5 obras) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Corporate governance (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Industrial organization (2 obras) · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (2 obras) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 obras) · Law (2 obras)