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'Marriage' to capital: the fallback positions of Fiji's women garment workers
, 2004 The May 2000 coup in Fiji prompted a flight of capital from the country's garment industry. As workers lost their jobs, attention turned away from improving wages and conditions to retaining garment factory jobs in the country.
Harrington, Christy
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental sustainability and political influence increasingly shape corporate strategy, yet the link between politically appointed executives and firms' environmental actions remains underexplored. This study investigates whether political appointments to top executive positions influence the adoption of green action initiatives and how ...
Post Raj Pokharel +3 more
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, 2015 Today's consumers' choice of clothing has shifted towards fast fashion, and they demand the right product at the right time and at the right price. Hence, the garment manufacturing units often find it hard to cater to consumer needs.
Stanley Mac Fergusson (18029029)
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Trade liberalisation in the garment industry: who is really benefiting?
, 2002 World trade is increasingly conditioned by the rules of the World Trade Organisation. In the case of the garment industry this means the phasing out of the Multifibre Arrangement, which has dominated trade in textiles and garments since 1974.
Hale, Angela
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Industrial clusters are central to the circular economy transition, yet how they develop into eco‐clusters and the paradoxical tensions this transformation fuels remain underexplored. Drawing on 48 in‐depth interviews and secondary data from a Turkish textile‐recycling cluster, we develop an empirically grounded model of eco‐cluster transition
Tulin Dzhengiz +2 more
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, 2010 To reflect on the exhibition, four essays have been penned by Anne Farren, Ann Schilo, Christiane Keller and Kirsten Hudson. These essays examine the concepts that lay behind Beyond Garment, and explore the meaning of fashion and materials from a variety
Farren, Anne
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although SMEs comprise over 90% of firms globally, research on their engagement with Scope 3 (value‐chain) greenhouse gas emissions remains limited. This PRISMA‐guided systematic review synthesises 49 SME‐relevant studies to develop a theory‐informed, practice‐oriented framework for more credible and sustained Scope 3 engagement.
Chidinma Uchendu +5 more
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Computer Graphics ForumAbstractGarment alteration is a practical technique to adapt an existing garment to fit a target body shape. Typically executed by skilled tailors, this process involves a series of strategic fabric operations—removing or adding material—to achieve the desired fit on a target body. We propose an innovative approach to automate this process by computing
Eggler, A. M. +5 more
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Firm dynamics in the Cambodian garment industry: firm turnover, productivity growth, and wage profile under trade liberalization [PDF]
The international garment trade was liberalized in 2005 following the termination of the MFA (Multifibre Arrangement) and ever since then, price competition has intensified.
Yamagata, Tatsufumi +4 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of intellectual property (IP) in promoting or hindering sustainable innovation now forms a topical issue in innovation management. Its role in the sustainable business model remains imperfectly understood however, creating a simplified view of IP in relation to corporate sustainable development. Hence, this study sought to examine how
Sarah van Santen
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