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Who benefits and how much? : how gender affects welfare impacts of a booming textile industry [PDF]
Exports of textile products originating from Sub-Saharan African countries have grown dramatically in the past decade. Recent trade initiatives, such as the"African Growth Opportunity Act"and"Everything but Arms,"along with low labor costs and improved ...
Nicita, Alessandro, Razzaz, Susan
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Free Trade’s Looming Threat to the World’s Garment Workers [PDF]
, 2003 In this working paper, the authors challenge the ideology of free trade. The paper focuses on the damaging effects of one particular free trade policy – the phase-out of textile and apparel quotas – and its impact on the global garment ...
Bas, Nikki Fortunato, Foo, Lora Jo
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable business models (SBMs) inherently involve tensions, which are contradictory or misaligned demands that companies must consider simultaneously. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding the relevance and linkage of these tensions to strategic marketing considerations, including positioning, competitiveness, differentiation,
Päivi Petänen
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Analysis of the Industry Potential in Republic of Moldova [PDF]
This article identifies several competitive sectors of the economy that have potential to lead to sustainable economic growth for Republic of Moldova. Sectors were chosen for analysis combining quantitative and qualitative methods.
Doina NISTOR +2 more
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The Proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA): Provisions and Implications [PDF]
, 2008 On June 30, 2007, United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab and South Korean Foreign Trade Minister Kim Hyung-chong signed the proposed U.S.-South Korean Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) for their respective countries.
Cooney, Stephen +5 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular textile management is essential to achieving sustainable consumption, as outlined in SDG 12, but consumer behavior and economic factors often hinder its adoption. This study investigates how environmental policies, such as carbon taxes and subsidies, influence consumer choices in the fast fashion sector by examining purchasing ...
Alessandro Cascavilla +3 more
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LogisticsBackground: In a fast-changing sector, apparel distribution centers (DCs) are under increasing pressure to meet labor intensive operational requirements, short delivery windows, and variable demand in the rapidly changing apparel industry.
Luong Nguyen, Oscar Mayet, Salil Desai
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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2023 Rosa Patricia Larios-Francia +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The apparel industry is one of the world's most profitable sectors but also among the most environmentally damaging. Growing sustainability pressures have led companies to adopt diverse strategies to reduce their impact, yet no single study has systematically analysed these approaches or their consumer implications.
Maria Leonor Ferreira +1 more
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International Journal of Technology, 2019 The aim of this paper is to establish how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capability has no effect on competitive advantage through the entrepreneurial orientation and organizational agility of Indonesian SMEs in the apparel retail ...
Achsanul Qosasi +5 more
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