Upgrading, uneven development, and jobs in the North American apparel industry

J Bair, G Gereffi - Global Networks, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
In this article we examine the developmental consequences of globalization at multiple
scales, using a commodity chains framework to investigate the case of the North American …

[PDF][PDF] Foreign direct investment (FDI) and learning in Ethiopia's textile and garment sector

B Vallejo, TG Mekonnen - Open AIR African Innov. Res., no. February, 2021 - openair.africa
Theoretically, foreign direct investment (FDI) favours industrial upgrading by allowing local
firms to learn from global interaction and to improve their production processes by improving …

Upgrading in the global clothing industry: the transformation of Boyner Holding

N Tokatli, YB Eldener - Competition and Change, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examine the complexity of the structure and corporate practice of Boyner
Holding, a Benetton supplier in Turkey as well as a manufacturer and a retailer in its own …

Clusters and commodity chains: Firm responses to neoliberalism in Latin America

RN Gwynne - Latin American Research Review, 2004 - cambridge.org
Latin America experienced a paradigm shift in both theory and policy during the 1990s. It
could be argued that this opened a new chapter in Latin America's evolution, particularly in …

[引用][C] National capitalisms, global production networks: Fashioning the value chain in the UK, US, and Germany

C Lane, J Probert - 2009 - OUP Oxford

Following suit: An examination of structural constraints to industrial upgrading in the third world

NP Videla - Competition & Change, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Through ethnographic research at a model garment factory in Central Mexico that had re-
organized under lean techniques in 1996, this article challenges assumptions made by …

[PDF][PDF] Nota explicativa

E documento fue coordinado por José, L Machinea - cepal.org
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[引用][C] From Sub-Contractor to Flexible Producer and Back Again: An Examination of Structural Constraints to Industrial Upgrading in the Third World