FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues

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FIFO and global production networks: Exploring the issues

In this introductory article, we provide a context for subsequent articles in this special edition. We do not intend to provide a comprehensive overview of the costs and benefits of FIFO. This ground is covered in other articles here (see also Morris 2012). We argue that FIFO represents the third wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Rainnie, Alistair, Fitzgerald, Scott, Ellem, Bradon, Goods, Caleb
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	National Institute of Labour Studies 2014
Subjects:	mining FIFO workforce resource companies labour
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14440

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