The textile and clothing industries under the fifth Kondratieff wave: Some insights from the case of Hong Kong

World Development

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 847-872

  Loo, Becky P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fifth Kondratieff wave; Flexible production; Hong Kong; Multi fibre agreement; New international division of labor; Vertical disintegration

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; KONDRATIEFF CYCLE; LABOR DIVISION; MANUFACTURING; MULTIFIBER ARRANGEMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

CHINA;

EID: 0036263197     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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