Arrange the following shifts in Nike’s shoe production in the correct chronological sequence:
(A) Production started in Japan.
(B) Production started in India.
(C) Production started in Thailand and Indonesia.
(D) Production started in South Korea.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (D), (C), (B)
(A) Production started in Japan. — 1960s, the first place where Nike’s shoes were made.
(B) Production started in India. — since the 1990s, the latest of the four.
(C) Production started in Thailand and Indonesia. — 1980s, when labour costs grew in South Korea.
(D) Production started in South Korea. — mid-1970s, when costs increased in Japan.
NCERT (2025-26): “Globalisation and a New International Division of Labour … Only two US factories ever made shoes for Nike. In the 1960s they were made in Japan. As costs increased production shifted to South Korea in mid-1970s. Labour costs grew in South Korea, so in the 1980s production widened to Thailand and Indonesia. Since the 1990s we in India produce Nike. However, if labour is cheaper elsewhere production centres will move somewhere else.…” |