The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade /
The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirt's life story fro...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Second edition, new preface and epilogue, with updates on economic issues and main characters. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Table of contents only Publisher description |
| Summary: | The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey. The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirt's life story from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory and back to a U.S. storefront before arriving at the used clothing market in Africa, the book uncovers the political and economic forces at work in the global economy. Along the way, this fascinating exploration addresses a wealth of compelling questions about politics, trade, economics, ethics and the impact of history on today's business landscape. This new printing of the second edition includes a revised preface and a new epilogue with updates through 2014 on the people, industries and policies related to the T-shirt's life story. Using a simple, everyday T-shirt as a lens through which to explore the business, economic, moral and political complexities of globalization in a historical context, Travels encapsulates a number of complex issues into a single identifiable object that will strike a chord with readers as they investigate the sources of sustained competitive advantage in different industries, examine the global economic and political forces that explain trade patters between countries, analyze complex moral issues related to globalization and international business and discover the importance of cultural and human elements in international trade. This story of a simple product illuminates the many complex issues which businesspeople, policymakers and global citizens are touched by every day. |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 347 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118950142 1118950143 9781118950159 (ebk.) 1118950151 (ebk.) 9781118950166 (ebk.) 111895016X (ebk.) |