Competing in Cedar: Nike, Superstar Athletes, and the Unseen Strangers Who Make our Shoes

Nike's global dominance in the athletic shoe and sports apparel market is without serious rival. Its current worth stands at $32.4 billion worldwide. Nike manufactures through an "export-processing system," where the intellectual work of design and marketing takes place in the US and...

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Main Author: Vos, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford Graduate School [2019]
In: Journal of sociology and Christianity
Year: 2019, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 7-28
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nike Goddess (Firm) / Business logistics / Athletic shoes / Production of / Asian woman / Exploitation / Sportsman / Blacks / Advertising
RelBib Classification:KBM Asia
KBQ North America
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B capitalist world-system
B supply chains
B endorsements
B Nike Goddess
B meta-national corporations
B export-processing
B Strangers
B Sports
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