In the emergence of a pro-patent and intellectual capital era the management of Intellectual Property (IP) is currently undergoing major changes. IP management systems are becoming increasingly complex and strategic in handling an integrated portfolio of IPRs and intellectual assets rather than...

The AMTEX Partnership is a path-finding research and development collaboration among the US Department of Energy, the contract operators of its national laboratories, and research, education, technology transfer (RETT) consortia representing the integrated textile industry. The goal of AMTEX is...

An assessment undertaken by the Clothing and Textile Centre in the Western Cape (Clotex) during 2002 revealed that there was a great need for quality in the clothing sector. Furthermore, the research undertaken by the Department of Science and Technology (2004) supports and recommends the...

The purpose of the study is to investigate what evidence there is to determine the impact of minimum wage hike on employment in the textile industry in Swaziland from the qualitative perspective.The research set to establish that minimum wage increases on employment has far reaching influence...

Gegenstand der Dissertation ist die Untersuchung von Internationalisierungsstrategien deutscher Textil- und Bekleidungsunternehmen. Die Arbeit basiert neben einer Auswertung der Literatur zum Thema der Globalisierung und der Internationalisierung hauptsächlich auf einer eigenen durchgeführten...

When managers of entrepreneurial companies typically talk about strategies, they first consider what products to make and secondly where to locate the business. The entrepreneurial companies locate in rural areas because of a wish to maintain a certain lifestyle, or because they can combine a...