Coming full circle? Forging missing links along Nike's integrated production networks

Global Networks

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-354

  Rothenberg Aalami, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MARKETING; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ATHLETIC SHOE MARKETS; LABOR DEMANDS; LOW-WAGED WOMEN; NIKE INC (CO);

SHOE MANUFACTURE;

ETHICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MANUFACTURING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 12344298496     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2004.00097.x     Document Type: Review

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