Local means in value chain ends: Dynamics of product and social upgrading in apparel manufacturing in Guatemala and Colombia

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2119-2131

  Pipkin, Seth ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparel manufacturing; Colombia; Global value chains; Guatemala; Industrial upgrading; Latin America

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABOR RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

COLOMBIA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 81455141534     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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