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The focus of this paper is the effect of contemporary globalization on poverty and inequality in cities of the ‘global … south’. Specifically it addresses the impact of globalization on marginalized communities—slums, squatter settlements and …. The paper takes a critical look at current assumptions about globalization, urban poverty, and inequality, distinguishing …
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In this paper we analyse the labor market and its relationship with globalization in two groups of countries similar in … structures. On the one hand we look at Argentina, Brazil and Chile, on the other hand we analyse South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand …. It is argued that the Latin American group adopted pro-globalization policies too quickly and without an adequate social …
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it in the Fashion Industry, as interactive mirrors and glasses or apps and webs to feel like if you were shopping and … students. The experiment was conducted to determine the feasibility of using VR fashion retail store models in designing store …
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from the fashion industry will be presented. Their founders have dedicated themselves to the idea of the circular economy …
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Few industries are more concentrated than the global fashion industry. We analyse the geography and evolution of the … ready-to-wear fashion design industry by looking at the yearly entry rates following an organizational ecology approach. In … are global. This result points to the rapid turnover of ideas in fashion on the one hand and the global demand for fashion …
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Continued lobbying by high-end, American designers for intellectual property-type fashion design protection has …
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This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
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This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265924
This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266034
This paper considers labor market adjustments following a large import shock in the German clothing industry caused by the phasing out of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement. Using the German shoe industry as a control group and administrative data, we study adjustments on the individual and firm level...
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