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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Textile and Apparel"”.
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Determinants of knowledge transfer in Turkish textile and apparel industry
The knowledge transfer activities in Turkish Textile and Apparel Industries have been explored in this study. The knowledge transfer is undisputedly important subjects as knowledge provides competitive advantage to firms. Only few percentages of the Turkish textile and apparel industries are …
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Textile and Apparel Exports of India and South Korea: An Econometric Analysis
… research is to examine the determinants of the textile and apparel exports of India and South Korea over 1974-2001. This was addressed through an econometric analysis of the effects of several independent variables on the gross and net exports of textiles and apparel for India and South Korea. …
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Business activities, competitive advantages, ownership types of the textile and apparel industries in China
This study was designed to gain a deep and timely understanding about the stature of current textile and apparel (T&A) manufacturers in China whose industry appears to be in the transition from the growth to the full mature phase of the industry life cycle. The findings revealed that the T&A …
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Measuring Efficiency for Egyptian Textile and Apparel Industry Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Data Envelopment Analysis
… view of measuring efficiencies in the Egyptian textile and apparel industry via stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). Differences between the SFA and the DEA can lead to different estimates for some, or all of the units in an analysis. Measuring efficiency …
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Textile and apparel imports from the People's Republic of China: an examination of market share and price elasticity
The international trade of textiles and apparel between the United States and the People's Republic of China was the focus of this research. It had three objectives. The first objective was to investigate the textile and apparel industrial sectors in the PRC, and to describe the PRC's pattern of …
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Effects of Quantitative Restrictions on U.S. Textile and Apparel Imports over 1995-2010: An Analysis using Gravity Models
… of this study is to examine the effects on U.S. textile and apparel imports of the quantitative restrictions imposed under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) (1995-2005), the post-ATC U.S. safeguard quotas on 21 categories of Chinese textile and apparel products (2006-2008), and no …
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The effects of trade liberalization on gender inequality in Central America and its relevance to the textile and apparel industry and academy
… issues is a concern in Central America (CA) and a global challenge as measured by the Gender Inequality Index (GII). This study used the Heckscher-Ohlin (1933) theory of international trade and the Becker (2010) theory of economic discrimination to examine the impact of CAFTA-DR and TA trade …
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The implications of lead firm sourcing strategies and value chain governance on suppliers and sector development: the case of the South African textile and apparel industry
… investigates the sourcing strategies and value chain governance of South African apparel retailers and their impact on the local textile and apparel manufacturing sector. Over the past three decades, value chain research has highlighted the crucial role of lead firms in coordinating …
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Development strategies and the exports of textiles and apparel: a comparative analysis of South Korea and India
… of labor-intensive manufactures, among which textiles and apparel were the most prominent. Previous research has sought to explain the determinants of international textile and apparel trade through the theory of comparative advantage. The aim of this research was to examine the textile and …
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Determinants of Competitive Advantage in Textiles and Apparel Industry in Tanzania: Application of Structural Equation Modelling
… The study uses cross-section survey design and non-probability sampling method; and data were collected from Dar es Salaam, Arusha and Tabora using a case study of textile and apparel industry. The sampling unit used were the employees of the industry knowledgeable on industry dynamics and …
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The Case for Casein Fiber: Local Design Solutions for Sustainability in Manufacturing
… the system in which their creations exist and design with the entire system in mind. Through literature research and expert interviews on the subject of textile and apparel manufacturing, this paper examines the problem of environmental harm caused by the creation, use, and disposal of …
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Critical Indicators for Apparel SMEs Performance; Market Orientation, Learning Orientation, and Innovation
… orientation, learning orientation, innovation and performance to the textile and apparel context in South Korea, specifically to SMEs, and, in addition, to investigate the role of informal relationships in SMEs within the presence of these other variables. This study postulates that market …
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The Sacrifices of the American Textile Industry and the Common Good
<p>Layoffs have been devastating to textile producing states such as South Carolina, especially to the communities that have high numbers of people employed in the industry. Considering the thousands affected by foreign competition and the pleading letters sent to congressional offices between 1984 …
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The impact of item 807.0 of the tariff schedule of the United States: the case of the Costa Rican apparel industry
Wage rate disparities between industrialized and underdeveloped countries have increased competition in labor intensive industries. To remain cost competitive, U.S. firms have developed alternative production strategies such as relocating labor intensive processes in countries with lower wages and …
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Impacts of the EC 1992 single market on international marketing activities of American interior furnishing textile manufacturers
The US textile industry has traditionally been import-impacted rather than export-oriented. Recent data reveal a significant growth in US textile and apparel exports, indicating that US manufacturers are aware of the importance of expanding internationally. Europe represents the second most …
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Trade Readjustment Act Women in Developmental Writing: Preparing for Education and Retraining
… unemployed. Mittelhauser (1997) reported, "textile and apparel workers are expected to lose jobs at an even faster rate. Employment in these industries has been projected to decline by about 300,000 jobs over the 1994-2005 period, compared to a net loss of about 250,000 jobs over the …
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Material matters : color, pattern, cognition, and perception in quilts from the Winedale Collection
… nearly fifty years as masterpieces of unschooled and unintentional modernism, and their mostly female makers cast as implicitly innocent and ignorant. Myth and convention hold that patchwork quilts materialized from scraps of cloth and an unconscious or automatic kind of labor. In fact, quilts …