The World Textile Industry
Details:
- Author(s) Singleton, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1997
- Pages 216pp
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Competitive advantage
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Analyses the shifting competitive forces - notably relative competitive advantage - affecting the development of the international textile and clothing production industries largely over 200 years but largely from the 1960s and mostly in the 1980s and 90s in an era of increasing globalisation, dealing with factors affecting competitive advantage with chapters on: 'Competitive advantage in textiles'; 'Factor conditions'; 'Demand conditions'; 'Related and supporting industries' - chemicals and textile machinery; 'Firm strategy'; 'Firm structure and national rivalry'; 'Chance'; 'Government'. Includes much about the UK experience including some coverage of Courtaulds, Coats Viyella