Pietra Rivoli a Professor at Georgetown University, who specializes in international business and social justice, discusses her best-selling academic book “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy,” which was the basis of the successful NPR Planet Money documentary “Planet Money Makes a T-shirt.” She regularly leads MBA residencies to China and her academic research has been published in numerous leading journals, including the Journal of International Business Studies, Business Ethics Quarterly, and Journal of Money Credit and Banking.
Examining Global Supply Chains, with Pietra Rivoli
Pietra Rivoli a Professor at Georgetown University, who specializes in international business and social justice, discusses her best-selling academic book “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy,” which was the basis of the successful NPR Planet Money documentary “Planet Money Makes a T-shirt.” She regularly leads MBA residencies to China and her academic research has…
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