Playing against China: Global value chains and labour standards in the international sports goods industry

Global Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 334-354

  Nadvi, Khalid ^a   Lund Thomsen, Peter ^b   Xue, Hong ^b   Khara, Navjote ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CHILD LABOUR; CHINA; FOOTBALL MANUFACTURING; GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS; GLOBALIZATION; INDIA; LABOUR STANDARDS; PAKISTAN

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOUR; CHINA; FOOTBALL MANUFACTURING; GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; GLOBALIZATION; INDIA; LABOUR STANDARDS; PAKISTAN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANUFACTURE; STANDARDIZATION;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

CHILD LABOR; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LABOR STANDARD;

CHINA; INDIA; PAKISTAN;

EID: 79958171611     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2011.00329.x     Document Type: Article

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