"TQM, Reengineering, Theory of Constraints, JIT, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing ... These are just some of the methods that, over the past five decades, have promised to transform any manufacturing firm into a lean, mean, money-making machine. While each incorporates certain fundamental truths,...

The aim of our paper is to analyse the governance of value chains operating in the traditional sectors of clothing and footwear, focusing particularly on production delocalization from the Italian region of Veneto to the nearby country of Rumania After describing and "quantifying" the...