This paper investigates the effects of the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the skills of a workforce. Using micro-data collected from workers in the textile sector, we analyse whether the introduction of ICTs has modified workers' tasks, so that higher skills...

This paper is aimed at analyzing the trends and patterns of efficiency of WC (WC) utilization in respect of size of firms of cotton textile sector in India on the application of three indices viz., Performance Index (PI), Utilization Index (UI), and Efficiency Index (EI). For the purpose of...

The dismantling of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement by 2005 and China's forthcoming membership of the WTO, as the world's largest exporter of clothing, will alter profoundly international competition in textiles and clothing. A simulation of these two components of trade liberalization makes it...

India, a late integrator in the global market for clothing, has followed a path to integration that is quite different from the experience of some of its major competitors. Unlike China, Mexico, Eastern Europe and other South Asian countries, India's recent surge in clothing exports has occurred...

The Korean textile and clothing industry has fallen into a positioning trap without any obvious strengths over the checks of advanced countries such as Japan, the United States and Germany and catch-up developing countries such as China and India. The domestic production base has shrunk as...

Technical Textiles sector potentially has ample opportunity for India, both, from a production as well as consumption perspective. The Government has already taken a few steps to promote this sector. Especially, with the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, this sector is set to...

Paper applies stochastic frontier production (SFP) function to measure efficiency of textile firms in India. In SFP models with panel data (balanced or unbalanced) unobservable firm efficiency levels are related to explanatory variables. The SFP were first proposed by Aigner, Lovell and Schmidt...

The work being introduced is aimed at supporting the crucial activity of deciding what is to be done, and when, within an industrial, applied, real-world situation. More specifically, matching assorted tasks to applicable production units, and deciding the priority every job is to be given. The...

An attempt has been made to investigate the challenges faced by the textile industry of Pakistan. A specific objective is to find out the main reasons through qualitative study and suggest solutions for further progress. Pakistan is the largest manufacturer and exporter of textile goods and the...