'Restructuring the textile and clothing industries' in R Turner (ed), British Economy in Transition. From the old to the new?

Details:

Author(s) Baker, Peter
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1995
Pages pp67-87
Publisher Routledge
Place Published London

Topics:

Name Comparative international studies
Name Small businesses
Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of industries
Name Oral history

Countries:

Italy

Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Groups:

Notes:

Charts the recent decline of the two industries and the nature of the surviving parts; initiatives and policies adopted for revival compared with Italy; focuses especially on the experience of Hinckley, Leicestershire, and the survival there of a substantial number of small business and the factors behind this 'success' - this based on extensive interviews