Upgrading, changing competitive pressures, and diverse practices in the East and Central European apparel industry

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2305-2324

  Pickles, John ^a   Smith, Adrian M ^b   Bucěk, Milan ^c   Roukova, Poli ^d   Begg, Robert ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS IN BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^d BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; COMPETITIVENESS; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRICE DYNAMICS; QUOTA SYSTEM;

ASIA; BULGARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845940595     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a38259     Document Type: Article

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