National capitalisms, global production networks : fashioning the value chain in the UK, USA, and Germany /

Firms in the clothing industry engage in global sourcing and operate in global markets. Their global production networks have often been subject to scrutiny as the power relationships between buyer firms in developed countries and supplier firms in developing countries raise issues concerned with &#...

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1. Verfasser:
Lane
Weitere Verfasser:
Probert, Jocelyn, Christel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Zusammenfassung:
Firms in the clothing industry engage in global sourcing and operate in global markets. Their global production networks have often been subject to scrutiny as the power relationships between buyer firms in developed countries and supplier firms in developing countries raise issues concerned with 'fast fashion', the role of brands, labour standards in developing countries, job losses among the most vulnerable workers in Europe and the US, and the growing differentiation within thebloc of developing countries between the least developed and fast developers, such as China and India.This book ana
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1 online resource (348 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612199646
1-282-19964-1
0-19-156876-7
Schlagworte:
Clothing trade > United States.
Clothing trade > Great Britain.
Clothing trade > Germany.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
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