Managing legitimacy issues in global supply chains: The case of the athletic footwear industry

Corporate Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 506-517

  Nijhof, André ^a   Forterre, Dai ^b   Jeurissen, Ronald ^a  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ASICS Corporation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Footwear industry; Globalization; Legal process; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849126468     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700810899239     Document Type: Article

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