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Upgrading the East European Apparel Industry: Outsourcing and the ‘Embedded Geographies’ of Production

Upgrading the East European Apparel Industry: Outsourcing and the ‘Embedded Geographies’ of Production. Adrian Smith John Pickles Bob Begg Milan Buček Poli Roukova. Stories of Bulgarian Apparel. CRISIS, PLANT CLOSURE, AND JOB LOSS FROM FULL-PACKAGE TO ISHLEME

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Upgrading the East European Apparel Industry: Outsourcing and the ‘Embedded Geographies’ of Production

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  1. Upgrading the East European Apparel Industry: Outsourcing and the ‘Embedded Geographies’ of Production Adrian Smith John Pickles Bob Begg Milan Buček Poli Roukova

  2. Stories of Bulgarian Apparel CRISIS, PLANT CLOSURE, AND JOB LOSS FROM FULL-PACKAGE TO ISHLEME EXPORT-ORIENTED OUTWARD PROCESSING TRADE FULL-BUNDLE ASSEMBLY CM AND CMT UPGRADING? LOCAL INPUT SUPPLIERS (e.g., textiles, buttons) COMPUTERIZED CUTTING AND KNITTING OWN EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE OWN BRAND MANUFACTURE AND DESIGN ROLE OF LOCAL MARKETS THE RETURN OF THE FULL PACKAGE? ***THE END OF QUOTAS JANUARY 1, 2005?***

  3. Changing shares of the main EU markets for the main ECE apparel producers, 1988 and 2002

  4. The Differential Role and Timing of OPT in EU Trade Insertion (All Apparel)

  5. Different sourcing patterns for apparel to the main EU markets, 2002

  6. Sourcing patterns 1988-2002 for France, Germany, the UK, and Italy

  7. Ideal typical forms of firm transformation in the Bulgarian apparel industry

  8. Ideal typical forms of firm transformation in the Slovak apparel industry

  9. LIFELINE, Slovakia

  10. Hubbing Logistics Used with permission ofWalters UK

  11. The Role of the State Legacies

  12. Export Joint Ventures/Domestic Own Brands Italian textile maker Lanificio Marcolana is to invest ˆ8.0 million euro in a new textile plant in western Blugaria.Just Style 21.07.2004 Italy’s Lanificio Marcolana is to invest EUR 8 mln ($10m) in its wool producing plant, based in the MezdraThe Italian company has hired local textile maker Vitex 2000 to produce the woollen fabrics under outsourcing agreement that will take advantage of the country’s lower labour costs. Lanificio Marcolana will pay for the installation of new weaving machines at the factory. BG Textiles2004 OZKN Luca Toscani, Slovakia

  13. Building Value in Domestic Markets

  14. Technical Upgrading and Domestic Support Services

  15. New technologies: Body scanning and e-tailoring.

  16. Local Knowledge and Skills

  17. The Importance of the Local? The Garage Firms of Haskova and the International Market of Dimitrovgrad? The Importance of the Local? The Garage Firms of Haskova and the International Market of Dimitrovgrad?

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