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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 335 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191568763 0191568767 9780199214815 0199214816 |