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Global Corporate Governance Forum Interview – Does English and American-Style Corporate Governance Translate to Emerging Markets? – Dr. Prabirjit Sarkar, Head of the Economics Department, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India – May 3, 2013

The Global Corporate Governance Forum published an interview entitled, “Does English and American-Style Corporate Governance Translate to Emerging Markets?” with Dr. Prabirjit Sarkar, Head of the Economics Department at Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Business Research of the University of Cambridge, England.   Dr. Sarkar’s primary research interest is [...]

“EU pressures Bangladesh to improve labour standards” – EurActiv – May 2, 2013

On May 2, 2013 EurActiv, in cooperation with Reuters, published an article entitled, “EU pressures Bangladesh to improve labour standards.” According to the article, “The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, to pressure the country to improve safety standards after a building collapse [...]