1. Nike and Globalization
... to make their products. Knight knew that Japan had low-cost manufacturing processes and had advanced production facilities. While over in Japan Knight discovered a brand of shoe, called the Oniksuka Tiger, which was far more advanced than anything that could be found in the United States. This led to Knight taking a leap of faith and purchased a large shipment of the shoe ... distances from 2,000-10,000 miles by the age of twenty-four when he tragically died. Prefontaine was the first of many internationally recognised sports professionals to endorse Nike, with Tiger Woods, Michael Jord...
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