Upgrading the Global Garment Industry

Edited by Mohammad B. Rana and Matthew M.C. Allen

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This timely book focuses on the upgrading of firms within the global garment industry, examining how garment manufacturers and retailers in different countries internationalize, develop their capabilities and enhance their sustainability. It highlights the important role the global garments industry plays in the socio-economic development and environmental outcomes of emerging economies.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Geography (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
ISBN: 9781789907643
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Upgrading the global garment industry: internationalization, capabilities and sustainability , pp 1-11

Mohammad B. Rana and Matthew M.C Allen

Ch 2 Supplier internationalization in the global apparel value chain from Bangladesh to Ethiopia: the buyers business model, institutions and entrepreneurial capability , pp 13-45

Mohammad B. Rana, Matthew M.C Allen and Per Servais

Ch 3 Internationalization of Vietnamese garment manufacturers from an innovation perspective: toward a U-shaped internationalization path , pp 46-83

Olav Jull Sørensen and Nguyen Bich Ngoc

Ch 4 The residual impact of offshore outsourcing on learning and innovation for emerging-economy suppliers: evidence from the apparel industry of Pakistan , pp 84-112

Irfan Abdullah, Amira Khattak and Saleem Ullah Khan Sumbal

Ch 5 The role of market knowledge and institutional networks in improving the export performance of apparel manufacturers in a developing country , pp 113-136

Anisur R. Faroque, Mohammad Osman Gani, Mohammad Omar Faruq, Mohammad Fuad Bin Bashar and Nargis Islam

Ch 6 Why apparel suppliers are locked into the upgrading ladder in Bangladesh: an institutional and business systems perspective , pp 138-161

Mohammad B. Rana and Matthew M.C Allen

Ch 7 Learning on your own: bricolage and the quest for relevance in the squeezed Bangladeshi garment supply chain , pp 162-185

Samia Ferdous Hoque, Noemi Sinkovics and Rudolf Sinkovics

Ch 8 Antecedents of catch-up during trajectory shift in the medium-low-technology industry: a longitudinal study of the Chinese textile industry , pp 186-208

Jiajia Liu, Andrew Tylecote and Yangao Xiao

Ch 9 Dynamic capabilities in apparel manufacturing firms in the context of global value chains: the case of Vietnam , pp 209-234

Li T. Dao, Truong Quang Minh, Dinh Le Hai Ha and Le Thi Thai Ha

Ch 10 Environmental upgrading leading to social upgrading in global value chains: evidence from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka , pp 235-251

Amira Khattak and Farida Saleem

Ch 11 Circular economy and sustainability capability: the case of HM , pp 253-282

Mohammad B. Rana and Syed Ahmed Tajuddin

Ch 12 Occupational safety and health and productivity in the garment industry: contradictory or complementary? , pp 283-305

Peter Hasle, Mohammad Sarwar Morshed and David Hansen

Ch 13 How systematic quality control affects suppliers socioeconomic sustainability and the stability of the buyersupplier relationship: a case of the garment industry in Bangladesh , pp 306-338

Imranul Hoque

Ch 14 Governance in global production networks and local sustainability challenges: experiences of sustainability transitions in cotton garment production in India , pp 339-361

Rachel Alexander

Ch 15 Governance mechanism for the sustainability of global garment production networks: perspectives from rule-takers , pp 362-387

Kazi Mahmudur Rahman and Shahidur Rahman

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