The Capturing the Gains research network assesses the relationship between economic and social upgrading in global production networks in four sectors; apparel, agro-foods, mobile phones, and tourism. This paper details the findings of the apparel sector research team, with a focus on public...

"An Unreal Number" examines pension accounting and, in particular, its effects on the results and financial position of the sponsor of a defined benefit pension plan. Current pension accounting standards are better than their predecessors because they seek to provide information about the value...

Life expectancy differs from person to person, population to population and pension scheme to pension scheme. So, your scheme members' mortality experience will be unique. Age is its dominant determinant, but life expectancy is influenced by other factors including gender, geographical location,...

We portray the valuation of financial investments as mental time travel. In a series of thought investments, a $1 invested in an investment fund is projected forward in time and then discounted back to the present, both exponentially and hyperbolically. These thought investments feature...

PurposeTo portray the valuation of financial investments as mental time travel. Design/methodology/approachIn a series of thought investments, $1 invested in an investment fund is mentally projected forward in time and then discounted back to the present – with no objective time passing. The...

The apparel industry is one of the most globalized. Export production contributes substantially to national export earnings and employs tens of millions worldwide, particularly women in low-income countries. However, the globalization of production has also led to poor working conditions and...

State socialist nationalization policies in the 1980s severely impacted the ethnic Turkish and Muslim regions of Bulgaria, while neo-liberal economic strategies have subsequently further deepened their economic crisis. This paper focuses on the ways in which policies of regional economic...

Pickles J. and Smith A. Delocalization and persistence in the European clothing industry: the reconfiguration of trade and production networks, Regional Studies. This paper examines processes of delocalization and the phenomenon of the 'spectre of China' in the European clothing industry...