Rethinking Global Production
A comparative analysis of restructuring in the clothing industry
1st Edition
Published on 12. February 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
217 pages
978-0-367-00094-3 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1997, this volume explores production, organisation and technological change for the clothing industry worldwide. It compares production approaches in various countries as well as highlighting commonalities between all clothing industries, drawing a particular comparison between clothing industries in high-wage and low-wage areas. The contributors discuss issues such as clothing in high wage economies alongside case studies in Japan, Italy, Germany, Finland, the US and the UK.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
430 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-00094-3 (9780367000943)
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Ian. M. Taplin | Jonathan Winterton
Rethinking Global Production
E-Book
07/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€23.49
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Ian. M. Taplin | Jonathan Winterton
Rethinking Global Production
E-Book
07/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€23.49
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Ian. M. Taplin | Jonathan Winterton
Rethinking Global Production
A comparative analysis of restructuring in the clothing industry
Book
05/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Taplin, Ian. M.; Winterton, Jonathan
Content
1. Restructuring Clothing. Jonathan Winterton and Ian M. Taplin. 2. De-regulation, Division and Decline: the UK Clothing Industry in Transition. Jonathan Winterton and Ruth Winterton. 3. Backwards into the Future: New Technologies and Old Work Organization in the US Clothing Industry. Ian M. Taplin. 4. A Difficult Path to Recovery: New Strategies for the Finnish Clothing Industry. Antti Kasvio. 5. Dwarfs and Giants Maintaining Competitive Edge: the Italian Textile Clothing Industry in the 1990s. Fiorenza Belussi. 6. Production, Organization and Technological Change: the German Clothing Industry in International Competition. Ulrich Adler and Michael Brietenacher. 7. In Search of Competitive Advantage: Contemporary Change in the Japanese Apparel Industry. Annie Garanto. 8. Making Sense of Strategies for Survival: Clothing in High Wage Economies. Jonathan Winterton and Ian M. Taplin.