A dying industry - Or not? The future of the European textiles and clothing industry

Foresight

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 313-322

  Keenan, Michael ^a   Saritas, Ozcan ^a   Kroener, Inga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clothing; European Union; International trade; Textile industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644268910     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680410563016     Document Type: Review

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