The future of the apparel and textile industries: Prospects and choices for public and private actors

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2207-2232

  Abernathy, Frederick H ^a   Volpe, Anthony ^a   Weil, David ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; IMPORT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INVENTORY; QUOTA SYSTEM; REGIONAL TRADE; RETAILING; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845931062     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a38114     Document Type: Article

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