This paper examines carbon emissions across the garment sector as counted using the two prominent methodologies for calculating emissions - the life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon accounting in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into where...

The increasing social and environmental impacts of the textile and garment supply chain are well known and have resulted in the development of an array of initiatives, tools and assessment platforms to enhance the sustainability of the sector. There is a great deal of diversity in these...

Environmental regulations provide protection for both environmental assets and the livelihoods of communities that depend on these assets. The analysis evaluates the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for proponents of industrial projects in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Viet...

Highly committed individuals are needed for a firm to reap a sustained competitive advantage in the market. Organizational commitment is one of the salient factors to augment business performance. The past literature claims that an effective leadership style can evoke organizational commitment...

Celebrity Endorsement (CE) strategy can be an effective competitive measure to differentiate a firm’s products from that of its competitors. However, there is a serious lack of prior research on assessing the effectiveness of celebrity endorsements on Sri Lankan fashion industry. Given this...

Working conditions in many large factories in low income countries are difficult, and many workers are internal migrants from rural areas. We examine the relationship between workers’ migration status and their labor market outcomes, using a household survey of garment workers in Bangladesh....

Since the past few decades, Information Technology has been playing a vibrant part in the future expansion of fiscal sectors and the way of undertaking business especially in an emerging economy like India. Augmented routine of smart mobile services and internet as a new distribution channel for...

Aqueous energy storage systems based on ammonium-ion (NH4+) as charge carrier have attracted increasing interest owing to their great potential for large-scale application. Developing suitable cathodes (especially binder-free electrodes) for excellent NH4+ storage is still in their infancy....

The Indian manufacturing sector has a long way to go in enhancing work-life standards for employees. Low standards of work-life hamper the productivity of an organization. Most employees of garment manufacturing units in Bengaluru are from outer rural areas. They come in search of employment in...