Labour standards and technological upgrading: Competitive challenges in the global football industry

International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 235-257

  Nadvi, Khalid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Clusters; Global production networks; Global value chains; GVCs; Pakistan; Sports goods; Technological learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053540525     PISSN: 17531942     EISSN: 17531950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTLID.2011.041906     Document Type: Article

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