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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...
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of technology, economies of scale, and energy efficiency-oriented policies and management strategies in improving energy …
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and implementation of a modern system for an environmental management, that consist in utilization of ecological … waters, sustainable management of wastes. In this study, the surfactant categories used in the textile industry that fulfil …
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as a result of the increasing competition from low-cost manufacturing countries. Efficiency is not the only strategy to … attribute this growth to the response given to the new global competition scenario by those firms that have a dynamizing effect …
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The purpose of this study is two-fold: assessing trade policy towards textiles in the main exporting south Mediterranean countries and in their export markets (the EU and the USA) and analyzing the likely impact of full implementation of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC) in light of...
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impact on competitiveness of industrial upgrading in terms of usage of expensive machinery and vertical integration and …
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's textile industry along with the particular management problems found within the firms' operations. …
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Algunos de los fenómenos donde el concepto de “globalización” es aplicado incluyen la internacionalización de los mercados, la globalización de la cultura, el dominio político hegemónico del mundo por algunos estados poderosos, o grupos de estados, el poder creciente de organismos...
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This paper is concerned with the estimation of stochastic frontier production functions with unbalanced panel data when unobservable firm efficiency levels are related to explanatory variables. We perform the "weighted-means" instrumental variables panel data model proposed by R. Gardner (1998)...
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The case of the Russian textile and apparel industry is investigated on the?basis of statistical data and data collected from the surveys of enterprise managers. It is shown how lock in the local markets has led to a gradual deterioration of the observed industry. Influential studies of...
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