Dissertations / Theses: 'Textile, clothing and electronic sector'

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Wai, Pong-wa. "Embedded autonomy in the "East Asian economic miracle" : the case of Hong Kong with special reference to banking, textile and garments, and electronics sectors /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20716965.

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Wai, Pong-wa, and 韋邦華. "Embedded autonomy in the "East Asian economic miracle": the case of Hong Kong with special reference to banking,textile and garments, and electronics sectors." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29791133.

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Neb, Samouth. "Les zones franches et la stratégie d’insertion des investisseurs étrangers dans les pays en développement : le cas des zones économiques spéciales cambodgiennes." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009LYO20034.

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Les zones franches illustrent de manière remarquable l’ouverture du monde aux échanges internationaux, comme en témoigne leur multiplication au cours des quatre dernières décennies. La zone franche n’est pas un phénomène statique, mais dynamique. Dynamique dans le sens où ses activités sont passées d’activités intensives en travail à celles plus sophistiquées de la technologie. Leur développement est classé en 4 générations : la 1ère génération (zones franches commerciales), la 2ème génération (zones franches industrielles et zones économiques spéciales), la 3ème génération (zones franches de service) et la 4ème génération (zones franches scientifiques). Basé sur le critère de performance en termes d’exportations et d’emplois, on peut classer les pays en quatre groupes selon le niveau de développement de leur zone franche. Les zones franches sont fortement concentrées dans les deux premiers groupes à savoir : les pays asiatiques (du Sud et du Sud-Est) et les grands pays d’Amérique latines (le Mexique). En effet, les plus importantes et les plus nombreuses sont implantées dans les pays où il existe une forte dynamique industrielle, là où se concentrent les trafics et où se déploient les stratégies des firmes étrangères. Plusieurs formes de firmes sont en effet présentes dans la zone franche : les sociétés entièrement étrangères, les sociétés conjointes (Joint-Venture). Les firmes des zones franches peuvent être une usine d’assemblage, une usine-atelier ou une usine intégrée pour fournir les produits à leur maison- mère dans certain cas. Dans d’autre elles vendent leurs produits aux autres entreprises ou grands distributeurs en tant que firmes indépendantes (sous-traitance). En effet, les firmes étrangères qui s’y trouvent installées ont un comportement stratégique vertical ou global.Il n’est pas étonnant que les zones franches de la 2ème génération soient créées au Cambodge où le démarrage du développement industriel est juste entamé. L’objectif du gouvernement est d’exploiter les avantages comparatifs (naturels et artificiels), d’étendre les échanges régionaux et mondiaux. Aussi, l’établissement des zones économiques spéciales marque vraiment un engagement du gouvernement royal du Cambodge dans le développement de son pays par l’industrialisation d’extraversion : les industries exportatrices sont privilégiées. Deux types d’avantages sont mis en place au Cambodge : Les avantages « hors coût » : Facilité de l’accès aux marchés internationaux (surtout le marché américain, européen et canadien), bénéfice du label social de leurs produits et aussi les effets des accords préférentiels commerciaux sont considérées comme un des éléments très attractif des investisseurs étrangers. Le deuxième est les avantages « coût » à caractère naturel (l’abondance d’offre de main d’œuvre à bon marché) et artificiel (meilleure mesure d’incitations, politique d’attractivité). Fondé sur ces avantages, les ZES cambodgiennes peuvent être développées en trois phases : Phase initiale : Usine d’assemblages, Phase intermédiaire : Usine de production, Phase finale : Usine totalement intégrée. Dans ce sens, les ZES cambodgiennes, étant en complémentarité avec les zones franches de la région asiatique du Sud-Est, semblent être un lieu privilégié de l’implantation des firmes à activité intensive en travail : le textile, l’habillement et l’électronique
Free zones are a striking illustration of the opening of the world to the international trade. In the last four decades, tremendously increased, Free zones are not static phenomenon, but dynamic ones. The dynamic is in the sense of which their industrial activities are started from labor intensive industry to the most sophisticated activities. We propose a classification of free zones into four generations: 1st generation (free trade zones), 2nd generation (export processing zones and special economic zones), 3rd generation (services based zones) and 4th generation (science-based zones). Based on performance criteria in term of exportation and employment, four groups of countries were classified to design the level of development of free zones. The first two groups of countries, such as the Est and the South-Est Asian countries and Latin American countries, are considered as the most dynamic countries in term of free zones’ development. In fact, the most important zone is located in the countries where there are a strong industrial dynamics with participating actively to the international trade and to foreign firms’ strategy. Having invested in free zones, enterprises are totally foreign firms or Joint- venture. In this regard, firms installed in free zones could be: assembled factory, production factory, totally integrated factory. These firms aimed to supply the product to parent company or to sell the product to another enterprises or distribution companies as they are outsourcing. In this case, the firm’s strategic behaviors are considered as “verticals” or “global”. It’s not surprising that the free zones of 2nd generation are established in Cambodia at the stage of industrial development. The objective of the Royal Government of Cambodia is to exploit efficiently its comparative advantages (natural and artificial ones) and to catch its opportunities to the regional and global trade. Thus, the establishment of special economic zones (SEZ) shows the commitment of the government in the process of the export-led industrialization in Cambodia. The Cambodian SEZ provides two kinds of advantages : The non Cost advantages includes international market privileged access (to American and European market), the benefit of social label of Cambodian manufactured products and others Cambodian preferential trade agreements, which are considered as the most attractive factors of foreign direct investment to Cambodian SEZ. The Cost Advantages has a natural caracteristic (the abundance of labor forces at low cost) and artificial (better incentive measures and attractive policy). Based on theses advantages, the Cambodian SEZ could be developed in three phases: initial phase (assembly factory), second phase (production factory) and finally the third phase (totally integrated factory). In this context, the Cambodian SEZ could, at a complementary position with free zones of the South-East Asian region, be a privileged location of the labor intensive industries- textile, garments and electronic industry

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Wang, Haiting. "The European Union's Trade Liberalization in the Textile and Clothing Sector (1995-2005) : Rhetoric or Reality?" Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-208909.

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A review on free trade principle in theory and practice suggests that trade liberalization is merely rhetoric under which industrialized countries can pursue specific interests of certain actors more deceptively. The purpose of this thesis is to testify whether this preliminary result on general trade issues is valid in the textile and clothing sector as well. The reasons for the author to narrow her research scope down to this industry are that: first, textiles and clothing had been subject to consistent trade protectionism for more than thirty years since the discriminatory Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 1974; second, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) in 1995 was designed to remove all quota restrictions by 1st January 2005 via a ten-year transitional period; third, the European Union (EU) raised safeguard investigations within four months after the expiry of the agreement, and succeeded in re-introducing quantitative restraints back to this sector. The intense and dramatic Europe-China textile dispute in 2005 started from the completion of quota abolishment, but ended up with quota re-imposition, which inspires the author to ask whether the European Union’s trade liberalization in the textile and clothing sector is rhetoric or reality. The thesis examines the conventional stance of the Union’s textile and clothing policy, the actual fulfillment of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), and the development of the Europe-China trade dispute on in 2005. In order to identify involved interest groups and their demands during the implementation of the agreement and in the dispute shortly afterwards, the thesis also analyzes: first, the interaction between protectionist lobbying groups and national governments at the Union’s level; and second, the divergence on the attitudes towards China’s expansion in the European market among member states. Comparing the Union’s early promises in the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) with its actual behaviors during implementation and in dispute, the author finally concludes that the Union’s trade liberalization in the textile and clothing sector is merely rhetoric under which the European Union (EU) pursues the protectionist interests of its domestic textile and clothing producers and those member states with substantial textile and clothing industry.

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Wanjiru, Roseline. "The political economy of foreign direct investment in Africa: The case of the Kenyan clothing and textile sector." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.493596.

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As debate over the role of multinational enterprises has changed over time, many developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have aggressively sought to attract foreign direct investment in order to gain from the expected benefits associated with investment of this nature. There has been a shift in policies and an introduction of various incentives to attract investment. New possibilities appear to be associated with the participation of developing countries in increasingly complex global divisions of labour which are orchestrated by multinational companies .across borders. In this context, attention has turned to analysing the role of multinational enterprises in orchestrating global commodity chains in which developing countries can participate.

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Dagdelen, Gorkem. "Changing Labour Market Positions And Workplace Interactions Of Irregular Moldovan Migrants: The Case Of Textile/clothing Sector In Istanbul, Turkey." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12609749/index.pdf.

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The new international division of labour has transformed the economic structure of Turkey from an import-substituted to an export-oriented economy. Starting from the early 90s, many Moldovan migrants began to come to Turkey in order to work temporarily in the informal economy. They worked in clothing and shoe ateliers until the beginning of this century. Nowadays many Moldovan migrants work in clothing shops as Russian-speaking sales assistants and in the cargo firms as carriers. Based on this historical context, this study explores the changing labour market position and workplace interactions of irregular Moldovan migrants, who are working in the textile/clothing sector in Istanbul, Turkey. I firstly try to understand the mechanisms of the changing labour market positions of irregular migrants by focusing on the factors and agents behind these dynamic processes. Secondly, I intend to analyze the labour process control regimes and resistance in the workplaces where migrants work. With this aim in view, I conducted field research in Istanbul consisting of 35 in depth and informal interviews with Moldovan migrants, Turkish employers and Turkish employees. As a result of the analyses of my findings, I first observed that although foreign workers cannot change the exploitative working conditions, they can find ways of escaping from exploitative working conditions in a context. Secondly, the level of exploitation in informal working conditions are not only determined by the necessities of capitalist accumulation regimes and the migration policies of the state but also by the preferences of employers based on economic and cultural motives but also.

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Madhavan, Jaswanth. "Unconventional wisdom from below : understanding social and technical determinants of ergonomic risk in the Indian informal textile and clothing sector." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111394.

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Thesis: M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, 2017.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-68).
In many parts of the Global South, including India, a significant number of informal workers, particularly women in the informal economy, engage in sewing, embroidery, and other forms of manufacturing work within informal segments of the textile and clothing sector. Despite substantial progress in labor rights and workplace safety regulations, the persistence of hazardous workplace conditions renders such workers vulnerable to potentially disabling forms of 'Repetitive strain injuries'. 'Repetitive strain injuries' frequently result from poor ergonomic design of workplace equipment. This thesis on India's informal textile and clothing sector studies the usage characteristics of workplace technologies at the organizational and individual levels, and their interactions with broader social and institutional arrangements that characterize informal sewing units. In partnership with Usha International Ltd. and SEWA (Self Employed Women's Association) Bharat, the thesis demonstrates how context-sensitive ergonomic interventions can be developed for and with those working within the informal textile and clothing economy. The thesis achieves this by studying ergonomic risk from the bottom-up by using focus group discussions and key informant interviews, with the goal of (1) collecting both qualitative and quantitative information and (2) facilitating the unveiling of hidden rationalities that influence workplace decision making and studying their implications for technical and policy solutions.
by Jaswanth Madhavan.
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Colgan, Fiona. "The regional impact of restructuring in the Canadian manufacturing sector 1960-1982 : the case of the Québec textile and clothing industries." Thesis, McGill University, 1985. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63305.

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Torres, Luna Sebastián, and Ríos Javier Alonso Valdivia. "Waste reduction model design in the textile industry: A lean manufacturing approach." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653476.

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La presente tesis tiene como objetivo elaborar un modelo basado en lean manufacturing para que las empresas textiles a nivel nacional logren reducir sus desperdicios y por ende incrementen sus ganancias. El modelo presentado establece un sistema que permite que puedan realizarse los procesos de producción de forma más óptima y eficiente. El propósito es que otras empresas de este rubro puedan trabajar en base a lo planteado para conseguir productos de mayor calidad que satisfagan a los clientes. Este trabajo se enfoca en 4 capítulos, el primero realiza una revisión de la literatura relacionada a las herramientas utilizadas en el estudio, así como también del sector textil, sobre el cual se realiza la investigación. El segundo capítulo trata del análisis de los procesos y de los problemas existentes en la empresa bajo análisis. El tercer capítulo plantea el modelo de solución alineado con un enfoque en lean manufacturing. Para terminar, en el cuarto capítulo se presenta la implementación de las herramientas estudiadas, junto con una simulación, que determinarán las mejoras obtenidas en la validación de la propuesta. Los resultados obtenidos por medio del diagrama de causa-efecto demuestran que los principales problemas de la empresa son el goteo de aceite, el procedimiento de limpieza, la eficiencia del trabajador, las condiciones de la estación y, finalmente, la falta de revisión de materia prima. Adicionalmente, el 20% de las prendas procesadas en el 2018 fueron reprocesadas, ya que no cuenten con los métodos adecuados para evitar que sucedan estos imprevistos en la empresa.
This work has the goal to create a model for the national clothing companies based on lean manufacturing, reducing their wastes and increase profit. The presented model establishes a system that allows the processes to perform on the most optimal and efficient way. The purpose is that other companies in this area can work based on what has been proposed to achieve higher quality products that satisfy customers. This work has 4 chapters, the first one does a literature review on tools related to the study, also the clothing industry. The second chapter is about the process analysis and the problem identification. The third one, proposed a model based on lean manufacturing that could solve the problem. Finally, the fourth chapter, presents the implementation of the tools and a simulation of the system, to determine the improvements. The results identify with the cause-effect diagram shows that the main problem on the company is the oil leaking, the cleaning process, the workforce efficiency, the workstation condition and, finally, the lack of raw material revision process. Also, 20% of the cloth process on 2018 had to be reprocess because of inadequate methods to prevent unforeseen problems.
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Sierra, Francisco Jose Dias. "Export commitment and characteristics of management, critical factors for success : an empirical study in the Portuguese and United Kingdom SMES, in a textile, clothing and knitwear sector." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2352.

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The internalisation of small and medium sized firms (SMES) is emerging as an area of research interest as an increasing number of such firms become actively engaged in international activity, often from inception. All available literature reveals that conventional theories were mainly developed to describe the internationalisation of large multinationals companies MNC and not SME(s). This study provides an overview of the macro economics as well as the microeconomic theory that supports the process of intemationalisation of firms. Furthermore, each theory was critically analysed in relation to their limitations, as well as their theoretical contribution to the process of the internationalisation of SME. A theoretical model was developed from the literature review. The objective was to investigate which factors (firms' and decision-makers' characteristics), in the Portuguese and UK textile, clothing and knitwear sectors are associated with export performance. Results indicated consistency in the findings relating to firms' SIze, competitive advantages, ability to speak foreign languages and nationality, for several dimensions of export behaviour. However, the factors: age, international experience, risk perception. cost perception and profitability perception are not supported as being influential to export performance in this study.

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Maria, do Rosário de Meireles Ferreira Cabrita. "O sector dos têxteis e vestuário português : contribuição para uma estratégia competitiva." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/16207.

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Mestrado em Economia Internacional
Os têxteis e vestuário constituem uma das mais antigas e tradicionais indústrias transformadoras em todo o mundo. Ainda hoje, o processo de industrialização nos países de economia menos avançada encontra nesta indústria o motor do seu desenvolvimento. Ao longo dos séculos ela tem sido motivo de interesse, debate e acção por parte dos governos. Mas, tratando-se de uma indústria tradicional o que a torna tão polémica? - A razão está na sua substancial contribuição para o produto, emprego e comércio externo dos países. Analisamos as alterações estruturais durante as duas últimas décadas e os factores que condicionam as mudanças e ajustamentos. A necessidade de reestruturar advém das pressões geradas por mudanças na tecnologia, organização, procura, distribuição, pela globalização da produção e liberalização do comércio internacional. Neste cenário, surgem dois grandes grupos de países: os que, com custos salariais mais baixos, têm vindo a aumentar a produção e as exportações, e os países de alto rendimento que têm vindo a reduzir progressivamente a produção mas empolando as importações. Este tipo de desenvolvimentos tem dado origem a posições controversas, colocando-se a questão de saber se esta indústria terá futuro, em termos da sua competitividade, nos paises de economia avançada. Veremos que esta indústria na União Europeia tem condições intrínsecas que lhe conferem competitividade. Contudo, a questão central neste nosso trabalho é a indústria portuguesa dos têxteis e vestuário. É claramente reconhecida a sua importância como fonte de emprego, com impacto especial em algumas regiões, e a sua contribuição para o valor acrescentado bruto e na balança comercial portuguesa. Portugal possui uma longa experiência nesta indústria que remonta ao século passado e a existência de uma fileira e proximidade geográfica aos mercados europeus são oportunidades únicas. Utilizámos como base de análise dados estatísticos que nos permitem posicionar o nosso país no contexto europeu, bem como os resultados de questionários dirigidos a algumas empresas, procurando cobrir todos os segmentos. As nossas conclusões indicam que Portugal poderá ter uma indústria competitiva se os esforços de reestruturação forem concentrados em produtos especializados privilegiando atributos como: qualidade, design, imagem, resposta rápida, fabricados por empresas flexíveis e líderes inovadores.
Textiles and clothing constitute one of the oldest and most traditional manufacturing industries in the world. Even today, the industrialisation process in developing countries continues to meet in this industry its motor of development. Over the centuries it lias been a subject of interest, debate and government action. But, if it is a traditional activity what renders this industry so polemic? - The reason is: the substantial contribution to manufacturing output, employment and foreing exchange earnings. We perform a study of the changing industry1 s structure during the last two decades and the factors that influence the changes and adjustments. The need to restructure this industry stems from the pressures generated by changes in technology, organization, demand, distribution and the globalisation of production and liberalization of international trade. In this scenario, two main groups of countries now face each other in this industry: the low labour cost with continuously rising production and exports and high income countries, with declining production but rising imports. This type of developments has given rise to beliefs that this industry in advanced industrialised countries will have a gloomy future and will no longer be competitive. Can we confirm such beliefs?- We will see that the European UnioiTs textile and clothing industry is able to continue to compete vigorously. Central to our concerns is the case of the portuguese textile and clothing industry. It is clearly known its importance as a source of employment, namely in some specific regions, and its contribution to the national value added and foreign exchange earnings. Portugal has a very old textile tradition, since the last century, and the existence of a rank and our proximity to the european markets are fundamental issues in the future potencial of this industry. We have used as research background a profusion of statistical data concerning the portuguese position in the european scenario, as well as the answers of a questionnaire applied to a certain number of companies covering ali segments of the textile rank. Our conclusions indicate that the portuguese textile and clothing industry may become a very competitive one if restructuring efforts concentrate on specialized products emphasizing quality, design, image, quick response, which should be produced by flexible companies with innovative leadership.
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León-Guizado, Sheyene, Anthony Castro-Hucharo, Pedro Chavez-Soriano, and Carlos Raymundo. "Production Model Under Lean Manufacturing and Change Awareness Approaches to Reduce Order Delays at Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises from the Clothing Sector in Peru." Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653782.

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This study proposes a production model that increases the manufacturing capacity in a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) of garments with an aim to reduce the nonfulfillment of order deliveries. An assessment has been done and waiting times between production processes have been identified, along with defective products and inefficient work methods. This study proposes the design of a lean manufacturing model under the change management approach, whose methodology comprises five phases. In phase 0, awareness and training sessions are conducted (change management). Then, phase 1 reorganizes the work area (plant layout re-distribution and 5S) and phase 2 seeks better workload balances (line balance and Heijunka implementation). Later, phase 3 standardizes work methods (standardization). Finally, the proposed model will be validated to determine whether the selected operating tools are supported by the awareness that contributes to increasing production. © 2021, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
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Carreira, Mafalda de Sousa. "A importância estratégica do setor têxtil e vestuário para a internacionalização da economia portuguesa: um contributo." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11454.

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Dissertação de Mestrado em Relações Internacionais - Especialização em Internacionalização Empresarial
Um dos fenómenos mais recorrentes emergentes da globalização é a internacionalização empresarial, sendo que as empresas desempenham um papel preponderante nas relações económicas internacionais. Conjuntamente a esta realidade surgem preocupações governamentais no que respeita à competitividade das suas empresas e indústrias, sendo por isso necessária a definição de políticas que impulsionem o tecido empresarial nacional. Face a estas questões colocam-se diferentes abordagens teóricas sobre as linhas de ação governamental nos setores económicos e indústrias que os constituem, nomeadamente, o equilíbrio entre visões protecionistas e liberais. Deste debate surge a discussão sobre a pertinência do conceito de setor estratégico. Nesta linha, este trabalho pretende estudar a possibilidade do Setor Têxteis e Vestuário (STV) português constituir um setor estratégico para a internacionalização da economia portuguesa. Para este feito abordam-se diferentes teorias, como a Vantagem Competitiva Nacional de Porter, o Ciclo de Vida do Produto de Vernon e o paradigma OLI de Dunning, desenvolvendo posteriormente conceitos basilares para esta temática: a política comercial estratégica, setor estratégico e competitividade. Posteriormente trata-se o STV, refletindo o atual contexto internacional e nacional, seguindo-se a apresentação de dois casos de estudo correspondentes a empresas do setor de vestuário: A Zara e a LA Lanidor. O exemplo destas duas empresas, em como se distinguiram das suas congéneres e expandiram a sua atividade a nível internacional, pode ser transportado para o STV, criando um possível alavancamento que permita a Portugal adquirir um lugar junto das grandes contenders na euro-região e ganhar um lugar mais proeminente nas exportações mundiais deste sector.
One of the most recurrent emerging phenomena of globalization is corporate internationalization as the companies play a leading role in international economic relations. With this reality new government concerns about the competitiveness of their companies and industries arise, so it is necessary to define policies that encourage the national business environment. To address these issues different theoretical approaches concerning government action in economic sectors and industries exist specifically regarding the balance between protectionist and liberal views. With this debate comes the discussion of the relevance of the concept of strategic sector. In this perspective, this paper intends to study the possibility of the Portuguese Textiles and Clothing Sector (STV) as a strategic sector for the internationalization of the Portuguese economy. Regarding this approach, this dissertation studies different theories, such as Porter´s National Competitive Advantage, Vernon´s Product Lifecycle and Dunning´s OLI Paradigm, subsequently developing basic concepts for this thematic: strategic trade policy, strategic sector and competitiveness. Later on we work the STV, reflecting the current international and national context, followed by the presentation of two case studies representing clothing sector companies: Zara and LA Lanidor. The example of these two companies, as distinguished from their counterparts and expanded their international activity, can be transported to the STV and their businesses, creating a possible leverage that would allow Portugal to obtain a place next to the big contenders in the euro-region and gain a more prominent place in world exports in this sector.

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Alanya, Veli Beckin Sadith, and Vega Keila Emily Dextre. "Mejora del proceso de corte mediante la filosofía Lean Manufacturing en las MYPES exportadoras del Sector Textil." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653464.

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Hoy en día, las organizaciones industriales enfocados en la confección de prendas algodón buscan incrementar su competitividad a través de actividades que generen valor agregado a los productos. Por ello, el objetivo de este artículo es mejorar el proceso de cortado de tela de las mypes exportadoras de prendas de algodón mediante la identificación y eliminación de desperdicios, definidos como procesos o actividades que no agregan valor, específicamente en el área de corte de una empresa textil. Además, esta mejora se dará bajo la aplicación de la filosofía Lean Manufacturing a través de las herramientas del VSM, SMED y estandarización de trabajo, el cual se respalda mediante un análisis de datos, validación económica y simulación mediante el uso de los datos históricos de la empresa en estudio. Asimismo, a través del estudio realizado se logró reducir los reprocesos por defecto de 13.12% a 4.23%, los procesos con demora se han reducido de 18.49 a 9.61% y el índice de productividad del área de corte se incrementó de 0.38 a 1.16.
Today, industrial organizations focused on making cotton garments seek to increase their competitiveness through activities that generate added value to products. Therefore, the objective of this article is to improve the fabric cutting process of cotton garment exporting mypes by identifying and eliminating waste, defined as processes or activities that do not add value, specifically in the cutting area of a textile business. In addition, this improvement will occur under the application of the Lean Manufacturing philosophy through the VSM, SMED and work standardization tools, which is supported by data analysis, economic validation and simulation through the use of historical data from the company under study. Likewise, through the study carried out, it was possible to reduce the default reprocesses from 13.12% to 4.23%, the processes with delay have been reduced from 18.49 to 9.61% and the productivity index of the cutting area increased from 0.38 to 1.16.
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Coutinho, Gisela Aguiar Soares. "As mudanças da cadeia produtiva têxtil em Valença-RJ: das indústrias do setor de tecidos para o APL do setor de Confecções." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/3793.

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This study shows how the Industrial Cluster of garments in Valença, RJ ¿ comprised of micro and small enterprises ¿ contributes to overcome the problems left by the declining period of the textile industry. At first, the city took advantage of its talent for textile work and turned to the clothing sector, which now relies on garment factories, subcontractors, cooperatives and laundries in order to create jobs. There is institutional support, but the analysis of the situation identified the need for higher involvement of cluster players, as well as a higher interaction among them to help their own development. In regard to public and private institutions, there is room for steps to guide informal companies that find it difficult to afford labor, financial, and environmental costs towards formalization, the offer of management and labor skill programs, as well as entrepreneurs¿ awareness about the acquisition of modern-technology machinery. It is important to encourage higher participation of Valença firms in the national fashion events, since this draws attention to the name of the city, discloses the work that is carried out there, and attracts new businesses. The entry of Valença companies in the fashion arena of the southern region of Rio de Janeiro state is beneficial, especially to make them better prepared for the Fashion Rio/Fashion Business event. Informality as a way out of the unemployment problem is a growing trend in Valença, as well as in most of Brazilian cities. In this sense, the entrepreneurs need to find favorable steps to make them feel motivated to formalize their businesses.
Este estudo mostra como a formação do Arranjo Produtivo Local (APL) do setor de confecções de Valença-RJ, composto por pequenas e microempresas, contribuiu para a superação das dificuldades deixadas pelo período decadente das fábricas de tecido. A princípio, a cidade aproveitou a vocação para o trabalho têxtil e se voltou para o setor de confecções atualmente marcado pela existência de confecções, facções, cooperativas e lavanderias para a geração de empregos. Há a presença de apoio institucional, mas a análise da situação detectou a necessidade de maior engajamento dos atores do APL e interação entre eles em prol do seu desenvolvimento. No caso das instituições públicas e privadas, há espaço para ações que orientem as empresas informais em suas dificuldades para arcar com os custos trabalhistas, fiscais e ambientais rumo à formalização, promoção de ofertas de cursos de capacitação gerencial e de qualificação da mão-de-obra, bem como sensibilização dos empresários quanto à aquisição de maquinário moderno tecnologicamente mais competitivo. Estimular a maior participação das empresas de Valença em eventos de moda de âmbito nacional é relevante, uma vez que enfatiza o nome da cidade, divulgando os trabalhos elaborados e atraindo novos negócios. A introdução de empresas valencianas no Pólo de Moda Sul Fluminense traz benefícios, especialmente tendo-se em vista a melhor preparação para o evento Fashion Rio/Fashion Business. Um caso comum e cada vez mais crescente que ocorre na maioria das cidades brasileiras se observa também em Valença. Trata-se da informalidade como saída para a questão do desemprego. Neste sentido, é preciso que os empreendedores encontrem ações vantajosas para que eles se sintam motivados a formalizarem suas empresas.

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Lima, Bruno Miguel Ribeiro. "Avaliação das práticas de gestão da cadeia de abastecimento sustentável das empresas portuguesas do setor têxtil e vestuário." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/19328.

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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia Industrial
O presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar as práticas de Gestão da Cadeia de Abastecimento Sustentável (GCAS) adotadas pelas empresas do Setor Têxtil e Vestuário (STV), bem como testar o eventual impacto que a adoção de tais práticas exerce no desempenho dessas empresas. A revisão de literatura permitiu a identificação de um instrumento de pesquisa, originalmente redigido na língua inglesa, o qual serviu como base para a realização do presente trabalho, após ter sido alvo de um processo de adaptação cultural e linguística. Este questionário foi remetido a 621 empresas, das quais 107 responderam (17,2%). A validade de construto foi apurada através da análise fatorial exploratória, da qual resultaram quatro construtos nas práticas de GCAS - práticas de gestão ambiental, integração da cadeia de abastecimento, práticas de inclusão social dos funcionários, e práticas de inclusão social da comunidade - e de outros quatro construtos no desempenho de GCAS ? competitividade, desempenho ambiental, desempenho social centrado nos funcionários, e desempenho social centrado na comunidade. Ambas as escalas exibem uma elevada fiabilidade, sendo o valor do alfa de Cronbach de 0,859 e 0,869, respetivamente. Através do estabelecimento de um score "próprio" para cada um dos construtos repartido em quartis, verifica-se que as empresas do STV têm vindo a adotar as práticas de GCAS a um nível suficiente, sendo igualmente suficiente o seu desempenho. A avaliação do coeficiente de correlação de Pearson permite concluir a existência de correlações positivas significativas entre as práticas de GCAS e o desempenho de GCAS.
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the Sustainable Supply Chain Management (GCAS) practices adopted by Textile and Clothing (STV) companies, as well as to test the possible impact of adopting such practices has on the performance of these companies. The literature review allowed the identification of a survey instrument, originally written in the English language, which served as the basis for the accomplishment of the present study, after having undergone a process of cultural and linguistic adaptation. This survey was sent to 621 companies, of which 107 answered (17.2%). Construct validity was assessed through exploratory factor analysis, resulting in four constructs in GCAS practices - environmental management practices, supply chain integration, employee social inclusion practices, and community social inclusion practices - and four other constructs on GCAS performance - competitiveness, environmental performance, employee-centered social performance, and community-centered social performance. Both scales exhibit high reliability, with Cronbach's alpha value of 0.859 and 0.869, respectively. Through the establishment an "own" score for each of the constructs divided into quartiles (bad, insufficient, sufficient and good), it is found that TCS companies have been adopting SSCM practices at a sufficient level, and their performance in the various dimensions of sustainability is also sufficient. Using a Pearson correlation coefficient, a correlation analysis was performed between the SSCM practices and the SSCM performance, which concluded that there were significant positive correlations.
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Pinto, Joana Isabel Estêvão Pereira. "As cadeias globais de valor e a nova geografia do comércio mundial : o caso do setor têxtil." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14365.

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Mestrado em Economia Internacional e Estudos Europeus
A geografia do comércio mundial tem verificado contínuas alterações ao longo dos anos, especialmente nas últimas décadas, com os países a fortalecerem entre si os laços comerciais através de uma contínua deslocalização do processo produtivo. O estudo a que me proponho neste trabalho pretende analisar a evolução do setor têxtil e de vestuário, um setor tradicional, cuja operação se tem alterado devido não só aos diferentes custos de produção verificados de país para país, como ao fator da automação, que tem vindo a obrigar os países desenvolvidos a adaptarem-se a esta nova realidade. Assim, este estudo centra-se na realidade de oito países Europeus, com especial destaque para o caso português, e inclui a análise do caso da China cuja ascensão tem sido de extrema importância para o setor em análise. Neste trabalho o objetivo passará pela análise detalhada das alterações verificadas na geografia comercial do setor têxtil e de vestuário, pretendendo chegar a conclusões relativamente à fragmentação da produção, deslocalização da produção e posições de destaque no referido contexto. A análise será suportada teoricamente e conduzida pela utilização do modelo Input- Output de Leontief, Especialização Vertical, e por dados numéricos fornecidos pelo Banco de Portugal, The World Bank e pela World Input-Output Database (WIOD).
The geography of world trade has suffered continuous changes over the years, specially in the last decades, with countries strengthening their business ties through a continuous relocation of the productive process. The study I intend to pursue in this paper is to analyze the evolution of the textile and clothing sector, a traditional industry that has seen its operation change not only due to the each country's varying production costs, but also due to automation which has obliged developed countries to adapt to this new reality. Therefore, this study centers around the reality of eight European countries, with special attention being paid to the Portuguese case, and includes China whose rise has been of extreme importance to the sector being studied. The goal of the paper will be to present a detailed analyzes of the changes made in the world's geography trade of the textile and clothing industry, while intending to make conclusions about the fragmentation of production, the relocation of production and prominent positions in the referred context. The analyzes will be theoretically supported and lead through the utilization of the Input-Output model by Leontief, Vertical Specialization, and numerical data by the Bank of Portugal, The World Band and the World Input-Output Database (WIOD).
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Baca, Casas Hernán Aurelio, and Miranda Stephanie Melissa Vasquez. "El efecto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la internacionalización en las empresas PYMES peruanas del sector textil de prendas de alpaca hacia el mercado de Estados Unidos entre el período 2014 al 2018." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653368.

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El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar los principales efectos de las nuevas tecnologías de la información y comunicación en la internacionalización de empresas PYMES peruanas en el sector textil de prendas de alpaca hacia el mercado de Estados Unidos en el periodo del 2014 al 2018. Según el artículo, las PYMES y su aporte a la economía peruana, realizado por Adán Valdivieso Trillo, profesor de la escuela de negocios de la Universidad de Lima, las PYMES conforman el 98.6% de las empresas peruanas. Por ende, se plantea ver los principales efectos que causaron la implementación de TIC para el desarrollo internacional que poseen las empresas. Se realizó un estudio de enfoque mixto, iniciando un estudio cualitativo con entrevistas a 5 expertos que están presentes en diversos entes asociados al sector y a la problemática, teniendo la visión por parte del estado (Promperú), empresarios de PYMES en crecimiento, gremios económicos, entre otros descritos dentro del trabajo, validando las variables que se medirán y analizaran dentro del posterior análisis cuantitativo realizado, en este se realizó una encuesta a 33 empresas pertenecientes al grupo de estudio. Posteriormente se realizó un análisis cuantitativo con las encuestas desarrolladas en el cual se implementó un modelo de regresión lineal binaria (probit). Los resultados obtenidos incluyen que el desarrollo de TIC influye en el desarrollo internacional y poseen efectos positivos dentro de las empresas de Textil de Alpaca que exportaron a Estados Unidos en los años estimados, a pesar de tener un desarrollo en proceso.
The goal of this study is to analyze the main effects of new information and communication technologies on the internationalization of Peruvian PYMES companies in the textile sector of alpaca fabrics to the United States market in the time frame from 2014 to 2018. According to the article, the PYMES and their contribution to the Peruvian economy made by Adán Valdivieso Trillo, a teacher from the Business school of the University of Lima, the PYMES made up 98.6% of Peruvian companies. Therefore, we plan to see the main effects caused by the implementation of TIC for the international development that some companies own. A study was carried out, starting with a qualitative study interviewing five experts who are present in various entities within the sector and the problem, having the vision of the state (Promperú), growing entrepreneurs of PYMES, economic unions, among others within the work, validating the variables that will be measured and analyzed within the subsequent quantitative analysis carried out. In this, a survey was conducted to 33 companies to the study group. Subsequently, a quantitative analysis was carried out with the developed surveys in which a binary linear regression model (probit) was implemented. The results obtained include that the development of TIC influences in the international development and has shown positive effects within the Alpaca Textile companies that exported to the United States in the estimated years, despite having a development in process.
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Amanchantoux, Gomez Paul Sebastian, and Bustios Jose Mario Osores. "Uso de la tecnología y su relación con la atención en plataformas E-Commerce en el rubro especializado de vestimenta." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653918.

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Con respecto al tema de investigación suscrito por los alumnos de la Carrera de Comunicaciones y Marketing, trazan una casuística, la cual permite investigar diferentes variables que utilizan las empresas de vestimenta con respecto al uso de la tecnología hoy en día; reflejando la mejora con respecto a su producción local, el uso de su materia prima y la adquisición del producto final mediante un Chatbot, en conjunto con sus principales plataformas de uso de Big data. Cabe mencionar, que la demanda de uso tecnológico en las empresas de vestimenta es creciente, ya que las oportunidades y la disputa en el mercado es incremental. Por otro lado, es de gran alcance el impacto en las operaciones comerciales, generando diferentes beneficios, mitigando las barreras para realizar negocios en conjunto y a su vez mejorando sus operaciones que permiten obtener mayores ingresos; contar con un nivel competitivo en la plaza, globalizarse y minimizar los costes y gastos fijos. Sin embargo, esto permite a las grandes, medianas y pequeñas empresas estar a la vanguardia y adaptarse en los diseños y necesidades del público objetivo dirigido.
With respect to the topic of investigation subscribed by the students of the Career of Communications and Marketing, they draw a casuistry, which allows to investigate different variables that use the companies of clothes with respect to the use of the technology nowadays; reflecting the improvement with respect to its local production, the use of its raw material and the acquisition of the final product by means of a Chatbot, in conjunction with its main platforms of use of Big data. It is worth mentioning that the demand for technological use in clothing companies is growing, since the opportunities and the dispute in the market is incremental. On the other hand, the impact on commercial operations is far-reaching, generating different benefits, mitigating the barriers to doing business together and at the same time improving their operations that allow them to obtain greater income; to have a competitive level in the marketplace, to globalize and to minimize costs and fixed expenses. However, this allows large, medium and small companies to be at the forefront and adapt in the designs and needs of the target audience.
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Abanto, Young Maria Paz, and Deza Jhoselyn Lucia Nicole Gomez. "Factores que influyen en las exportaciones de prendas y complementos de vestir de punto para bebés de las MIPYMES de Lima Metropolitana: Formalización, capacitación, innovación y financiamiento, durante el periodo 2015-2019." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653367.

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La presente tesis tiene como objetivo determinar los factores que influyen en las exportaciones de las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MIPYMES) del sector textil y subsector confecciones de Lima Metropolitana. El estudio se enfoca en las MIPYMES exportadoras de la partida 6111 (Prendas y complementos de vestir, de punto, para bebés), ya que es uno de los sectores con mayor crecimiento en exportaciones durante los últimos 5 años. La investigación tiene un enfoque mixto, con una muestra conformada por 40 MIPYMES ubicadas en Lima Metropolitana. Al tener un diseño no experimental, se limitará a observar y analizar las variables. Para la obtención de la información necesaria, se aplicaron encuestas a la muestra detallada anteriormente y se realizaron entrevistas a 6 expertos del sector. Asimismo, se hizo referencia a tesis y papers publicados en distintos repositorios y revistas académicas. Los resultados obtenidos de las fases cualitativa y cuantitativas, comprueban que los factores formalización de la empresa, capacitación del talento humano, gestión de innovación y acceso a financiamiento, influyen positivamente en el desarrollo exportador de las MIPYMES de Lima Metropolitana.
This thesis aims to determine the factors that influence the exports of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the textile sector and clothing subsector of Metropolitan Lima. The study focuses on exporting MSMEs of the tariff heading 6111 (Knitwear and clothing accessories for babies), as it is one of the sectors with the highest growth in exports during the last 5 years. The research has a mixed focus, with a sample made up of 40 MSMEs located in Metropolitan Lima. By having a non-experimental design, it will simply observe and analyze the variables. To obtain the necessary information, surveys were applied to the sample detailed above and interviews were conducted with 6 experts from the sector. Likewise, references were made to thesis and papers published in different academic repositories and journals. The results obtained from the qualitative and quantitative phases, prove that the factors formalization of the company, training of human talent, innovation management and access to financing, positively influence the export development of the MSMEs of Metropolitan Lima.
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Shu-Chin, Pan. "The Service Support System for Textile & Clothing Sector: A Benchmarking Study against EU Countries." 2004. http://www.cetd.com.tw/ec/thesisdetail.aspx?etdun=U0001-1607200511320100.

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Pan, Shu-Chin, and 潘淑卿. "The Service Support System for Textile & Clothing Sector: A Benchmarking Study against EU Countries." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/88172116324703862998.

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碩士
國立臺灣大學
會計與管理決策組
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After four decades of glorious time, with the removal of quota restrictions and the rising of China competition as recent impacts, the textile & clothing (T&C) sector in Taiwan is facing an unprecedented challenging time now. In the meantime, when the high-tech industries are highly promoted and pursued by the government and the private entrepreneurs alike, the future of the ‘traditional’ sector seems to be left less attended. As a result, we wish to investigate the current business support system to the T&C sector in Taiwan, to identify the hidden needs of the private sector, as well as to benchmark the service provision system against the leading service provision intermediaries, especially those in the European Union (EU) countries. Through the research of this thesis, we believe that National Innovation System (NIS) is the economic and social context that a nation should construct in order to foster the innovative technology development and the diffusion of technologies. Such innovation may include the development of new product, new method and new equipment for production, as well as the promotion of information technologies so as to enhance the overall competitiveness of the industry. The indispensable part in such innovation system is the service support mechanism built around the needs of the industries within the national economic context. Such supportive services will help the industry improve the skills & specialization, quality level, and flexibility through the direct business services and through a better access to technical or management knowledge and information. Therefore, the establishment of National Innovation System is the right approach to the high-tech industries, as well as to traditional industries such as the T&C sector. However, a service support system involves multiple actors from the government and semi-public institutions. The interrelationship between the private enterprises with these organizations is the key to the effectiveness of the service provision system. Furthermore, the dominant factors affecting the interaction among these private and public actors include the legislation & regulations, promotion programs, institutional setting and intermediary structures. These factors are called ‘policy-related framework conditions’. They are either designed directly by the government policy-makers or strongly shaped by the public policies. Through such instruments, the government influences the behavior of the relative actors within the national economic network. The service support system is set on the multilateral interrelationship in different ways: 1) among various enterprises; 2) between the industry and the service institutions; and 3) among different service institutions. The last two types of interrelationship are the focus of this research. This research will first investigate the prevailing service provision system in Taiwan for T&C sector and identify the needs of the industry. To do these, we applied the interview methodology and proceeded with a direct dialogue with the core players in the sector. A total of 15 interviews were conducted. It covered three groups of related interviewees: private (enterprises) sector, public sector and academic sector. The findings from the interviews demonstrate that there is a gap between the industry’s real demands and the content as well as the amount of the services provided to them. In addition, they also illustrate that the public policies are directed towards the provision of scientific technology which are referred as the ‘hard’ technologies, but the ‘soft’ technologies involving various aspects of business management gain less attention. Furthermore, we compared our findings with the ‘better practices’ of both business service centers (BSCs) and research & technology institutes (RTIs) from some EU countries. These ‘better practices’, which we learned through the literature review, may not be T&C-specific, but in general they present the ways to enhance the competitiveness of the industry and to improve the interaction between the industry and the service institutions. In other words, they are valuable resources against which the Taiwan T&C sector should benchmark. As a result, we concluded this thesis by presenting the implications from the interviews and the policy recommendations thus developed. We emphasized that the government should not give away the power and responsibility to establish a solid economic environment to allow the industry to develop and flourish. It is important to note that the public policies and programs can regulate and shape the structures of the industry and the institutions and further influence their behavior and interrelationship. In other words, that is how the government should act as a catalyst of the industrial development and economic growth. However, as Porter suggests “there are no low-tech industries, only low-tech firms” (2005). Ultimately, the firms themselves are the core to grasp the opportunities to carry out the evolution plans under the context that National Innovation System builds. In the end, the true merit of an innovative economic society is all about how the knowledge flows openly and that all sectors obtain an easier access to the knowledge and information of their needs, ranging from financial support, to marketing promotion, global relocation, IT infrastructure, e-commercialization, and much more. And this is the perfect economic society that we should strive for.

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Dladla, Sbonelo Comfort. "Factors influencing operational performance for SMMEs in the textile and clothing manufacturing sector in the eThekwini district." Thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2906.

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Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Management Sciences: Business Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2016.
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) play a pivotal role in the economy of a country through job creation, development and dealing with the issue of unemployment, all of which affect the government and its citizens. Therefore, it is important that SMMEs operate efficiently and run their businesses effectively in order to grow within their respective sectors. The low rate of success amongst SMMEs in South Africa (SA) over the years indicates that there are factors hindering the efforts of the country’s SMMEs from operating efficiently (Turton and Herrington 2012: 48). One of the factors is poor operational performance which is frequently quoted as a leading cause of failure amongst SMMEs within the manufacturing sector (Urban and Naidoo 2012: 146). Furthermore, the Economic Development and Growth in eThekwini (EDGE) (2013: 37-38) reveals that SMMEs within the textile and clothing manufacturing sector in the eThekwini district generally do not innovate and suffer from a lack of access to financial services. The study population was 94 small and micro enterprises (SMEs) in the textile and clothing manufacturing sector in the eThekwini district. The researcher could not find a data on medium enterprises as prospective participants in the study and obtained only 80 SMEs. A quantitative approach was used in the context of a census study. The study was descriptive and conclusive in nature. The results of the study indicate that SMEs apply innovative processes in their businesses and work at a favourable physical environment within eThekwini district. However, SMEs do not have sufficient access to government financial incentive schemes (GFIS) which could be a factor inhibiting their growth and development. Furthermore, despite the fact that many of the SMEs in the study agreed that assistance from government schemes can enhance their operational performance, almost half of them were not aware of relevant schemes. Therefore, it is important that the government, that is, the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) and Small Enterprise Development Agency (seda) and other relevant government agencies, reach out to as many of these SMEs as possible. This is an opportunity for the SA government to improve their efforts to create more jobs for SA citizens.
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Marcos, Ricardo Manuel Nicolau. "Estratégia de internacionalização de uma PME familiar do sector têxtil e vestuário: o caso Univest." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11455.

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Num mundo cada vez mais globalizado, e num contexto de atual internacionalização de PMEs, este projeto apresenta estratégias de crescimento e sobrevivência para o caso de uma empresa em particular. Tentou-se compreender, em primeiro lugar, o processo de internacionalização da empresa sob o ponto de vista teórico, tendo-se enfatizado os princípios básicos deste estudo. Posteriormente, apresentam-se as linhas de orientação estratégica, através de uma análise ao conjunto de recursos e competências distintivas da empresa. Optou-se pela metodologia qualitativa de estudo de caso a partir da revisão de literatura, que forneceu base teórica decisiva para a relação com o processo de internacionalização da empresa, facultando uma perspetiva integrada do mesmo. A empresa em estudo pertence ao sector têxtil e do vestuário. Devido ao declínio do mercado interno e consequente decréscimo das vendas, iniciou o seu processo de internacionalização para Espanha devido à curta distância psicológica. No entanto, no que respeita a mercados mais distantes, parece apresentar algumas dificuldades que este estudo pretende colmatar. Através deste estudo de caso, procurou-se, portanto, compreender e aperfeiçoar o processo de internacionalização, na sua vertente interna e externa, desta empresa em particular.
In an increasingly globalized world, and in a contemporary context of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises, this project brings forward a growth and survival strategy to be applied in a particular company. We attempt to understand, firstly, the company internationalization process under a theoretical scope, emphasizing the basic principles of that study. Posteriorly, we brought forward strategic guidelines, through the analysis of resources set and distinctive skills of the company. We choose qualitative methodology of the study case from the literature review, which provided the crucial theoretical basis to the internationalization process of the company, providing an integrated view. The company studied belongs to the textile and clothing sector. Due to the domestic market decline, and the consequent decrease in sales, it began its process of internationalization to Spain in virtue of the short psychological distance. However, with regard to more distant markets, the company seems to present some difficulties that this study aims to fulfill. Through this case study, we tried to understand and improve the process of internationalization in its internal and external aspects, in this particular company.

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Groenewald, Jakobus William. "Collective bargaining, minimum labour standards and regulated flexibility in the South African clothing manufacturing sector: at the level of the National Clothing Bargaining Council's Western Cape Sub-Chamber." Thesis, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5115_1228892816.

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In the context of a society in which there is an urgent need to create jobs, this research considers, firstly, whether the current labour regulatory environment is flexible enough to allow for an employment scenario that is conducive to job creation. The research then considers what is meant by the policy of &lsquo
regulated flexibility&rsquo
and considers how flexibility operates in practice at NBC level. It is argued that the concept of flexibility is a misnomer &ndash
since it creates more problems than it solves. The research concludes with a call for real flexibility that will allow for increased investment and a greater supply of jobs.

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Machado, Francisca Almeida. "Estabelecimento de parcerias e de sourcing junto de parceiros em mercados emergentes: estudo exploratório no sector têxtil." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/61086.

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Dissertação de mestrado em Estudos de Gestão
Numa economia, a cada dia, mais global e competitiva, as empresas procuraram por novas oportunidades de negócio externas, com vista à melhoria da qualidade de produtos/serviços, otimização dos prazos de entrega e redução custos de produção, de forma a colmatar as lacunas do mercado interno e dar resposta às atuais necessidades do mercado. Na Indústria Têxtil e do Vestuário, este fenómeno tem-se acentuado e, na última década, as empresas portuguesas têm desenvolvido estratégias de sourcing orientadas para os mercados de baixo custo. O recurso a fornecedores da China, Bangladesh, Paquistão, Turquia e Índia tem sido a forma das empresas obterem vantagens competitivas e de combaterem a volatilidade e rapidez que caracterizam a fast fashion. Através do presente trabalho é possível compreender quais são os fatores que impulsionam as empresas portuguesas a recorrer ao sourcing internacional, quais as principais dificuldades e barreiras, bem como entender de que forma são estabelecidas as parcerias internacionais com os respetivos fornecedores. No decorrer do trabalho é feita, ainda, uma contextualização do setor têxtil e do vestuário em Portugal e apresentados os principais países de importação.
In an increasingly global and competitive economy, companies are looking for new external business opportunities, aiming to improve the quality of products / services, optimizing lead-times and reducing production costs, in order to fill the gaps of the domestic market and to respond more efficiently to the market needs. In the Textile and Clothing Industry, this phenomenon has become more pronounced and, in the last decade, portuguese companies have developed sourcing strategies focused on the low-cost countries. The resource of suppliers from China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey and India has been the way companies gain competitive advantage and face the volatility and the ephemeral of fast fashion. Through the present work it is possible to understand what are the factors that drive portuguese companies to resort international sourcing, what are the main difficulties and barriers, as well as to understand how international partnerships are established with their suppliers. In the course of the work, it is report a contextualization of the textile and clothing sector in Portugal and the it’s presented the main import countries.

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Gaweseb, Cleophas George. "Marketing communication methods used by Namibian clothing and textile SMEs : a case study of SMEs operating from Katutura and Khomasdal incubation centers." Diss., 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/20997.

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The study aimed to determine the marketing communication methods used by Namibian clothing and textile SMEs operating from Katutura and Khomasdal Incubation Centres. A quantitative methodological approach was followed in this study. The sample comprised 45 SMEs with business operations at Katutura and Khomasdal Incubation Centres. A simple random sampling method was selected as the researcher made use of an SME name list provided by the City of Windhoek. A structured questionnaire was used to collect research data. Cross tabulations, correlations and descriptive analyses were used to analyse the research results. The research indicated that the top five most regularly used marketing communication methods are direct sales, „word-of-mouth‟, point-of-sale materials, networking, and newspaper advertisement. The least regularly used marketing communication methods are YouTube, television, direct mail, press releases and coupons/vouchers. Networking was the second most important and effective marketing communication method. Trade shows was the third most-preferred marketing communication method and the reasons advanced were „it gives me the opportunity to talk to and interact with my customers‟. It is recommended that the City of Windhoek should create incentives for current SMEs operating from Katutura and Khomasdal Incubation Centre to leave the incubation centre for new upcoming SMEs. Further research is necessary to establish the reasons why SMEs do not grow as expected and graduate from the incubation centres. Further research is also necessary to determine challenges faced by Namibian SMEs when considering which marketing communication methods to use. The conducted research recommends that different media houses be approached to design and determine special marketing packages for SMEs. Special SME development or advert sections can be negotiated with newspaper outlets. The major limitation of this study was that it was confined to clothing and textile manufacturing businesses.
Business Management
M. Com. (Business Management)

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Oliveira, Joana Cristina Alves. "Redes de inovação em pequenas e médias empresas: um estudo de caso no setor têxtil." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/39396.

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Dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia Industrial
O desenvolvimento e a competitividade das empresas dependem cada vez mais do papel estratégico do conhecimento e da inovação. Inovar consiste em fazer diferente ou em desenvolver novas agregações de inputs, com o objetivo de alcançar uma solução melhor que as existentes. A capacidade de criar novo conhecimento depende da exploração de competências complementares que podem ser internas ou externas à organização, o que reflete as mudanças que as organizações têm vindo a realizar no seu formato de gestão e nas suas relações com outros agentes económicos. O isolamento e as estruturas hierárquicas verticalizadas tendem a dar lugar a arranjos organizacionais que privilegiam a comunicação, a combinação de competências, a aprendizagem e a aquisição de conhecimento através da construção de redes. As redes permitem criar, desenvolver e partilhar conhecimento e recursos, assim como obter novas perspetivas e soluções, sinergias e reduções de custos. Mas, dependendo dos objetivos da inovação de cada empresa interveniente, são necessários diferentes tipos de parceiros, como fornecedores, clientes, consultores, universidades, entre outros, para apoiar as atividades de inovação com os seus recursos e know-how específicos. Esta estratégia de rede de inovação requer que as empresas reconheçam a necessidade de possuírem competência de rede, a qual passa por uma gestão clara de execução de tarefas e de qualificação de recursos humanos. O presente trabalho de investigação pretende responder à seguinte questão de investigação: Quem são os diferentes parceiros que constituem as redes de inovação das PMEs do Setor Têxtil em Portugal? A partir da revisão de conceitos como inovação, rede de inovação e competência de rede, foi desenvolvido um estudo de caso centrado numa empresa têxtil, a Valindo, SA., que compreendeu a realização de entrevistas na empresa e junto de alguns parceiros, com o objetivo principal, de conhecer a rede de inovação existente, assim como de identificar os diferentes parceiros envolvidos. No caso particular da empresa em estudo, reconhece-se que a mesma é uma organização com alguma orientação para o mercado, detentora de uma marca própria de vestuário infantil, e valorizada pela sua capacidade de diferenciação, devido à aposta no design nas suas coleções. Das 4 entrevistas realizadas é possível identificar o recurso a variadas fontes externas de informação no seu processo de inovação, e o estabelecimento de parcerias de inovação especialmente com fornecedores. Foram igualmente identificadas situações de recurso a clientes, agências governamentais, instituições intermediárias e/ou instituições de investigação. Outro resultado foi a perceção de que existem diferenças entre os parceiros no que se refere ao impacto das relações com a empresa analisada, não sendo igualmente claro que a empresa tenha presente a necessidade de realizar uma gestão eficiente da rede, i.e., de desenvolver competência de rede.
Company’s development and competitiveness are relying more and more on the role of knowledge and innovation. Innovating consists on doing something different or developing new input aggregations, with the goal of achieving a better solution than the current ones. The ability to create new knowledge depends on the exploration of complementary skills, which might be internal or external to the operation, reflecting the changes that the organizations have been making in their management style and their relations with other economic agents. Isolation and vertilized hierarchical structures are being replaced by organizational arrangements that privilege communication, skill combination, learning and knowledge acquisition through network construction. Networks allow the creation, development and sharing of knowledge and resources, as well as a new perspective and solutions, synergies and cost reduction. Different types of partners are needed depending on the goals of each company, such as suppliers, consultants, colleges, among others, to support the different innovation activities and specific know-how. Companies must recognize the need to have a network skill for this innovation network strategy to work, requiring a clear management of the task execution and human resources qualifications. The following study plans to answer the question: Who are the different partners that form innovation networks of Portuguese SMEs in Textile and Clothing Sector? By reviewing concepts like innovation, innovation network and skill network, a study was developed focusing on a textile company, Valindo S.A., involving interviews in the company and partners, the main goal being to determine the existing innovation network, as well as identifying the different partners involved. Valindo S.A. is a market-oriented company, owner of a child clothing line brand and praised by its differentiation ability seen on their collection’s design. From the four interviews made, it’s possible to identify the used of external sources of information on the innovation process, and the establishment of innovation partnerships, especially with suppliers. There were also identified situations resorting to clients, governmental agencies, intermedia institutions and/or investigation institutions. Difference between partners regarding the impact on their relation with the company at hand was also detected, not been completely clear if the company has the need to perform an efficient network management and development.

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Salgueiro, Hélder Manuel Alves. "Avaliação do desempenho económico-financeiro: Aplicação a um grupo do setor têxtil e vestuário." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/4940.

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Existe, cada vez mais, uma maior necessidade das organizações em deter um planeamento estratégico e poderem basear-se em metodologias quelhes permitam desenvolver um acompanhamento de todo o processo de implementação das estratégias que se definiram. Este projeto apresenta as potencialidades do Balanced Scorecardcomo ferramenta de gestão e acompanhamento estratégico, tendo como objetivos elaborar uma proposta de BSC e mapa estratégico aplicado às unidades de negócio do Grupo Inditex em Portugal, validá-lo e, consequentemente, avaliar o seu desempenho e identificar determinantes desse desempenho. Para a concretização destes objetivos foi necessário compreender as caraterísticas do setor têxtil e vestuário e, em especial, do Grupo Inditex. Também foi necessário selecionar uma amostra de unidades de negócio e recolher os dados que permitissem calcular os indicadores (KPI). Na análise dos dados foram utilizadas técnicas de estatística descritiva e inferencial e também técnicas de análise de dados multivariada (K-means e CART). Com base em 272 unidades de negócio, validou-se o mapa estratégico proposto ao identificarem-se relações entre as quatro perspetivas consideradas, financeira, clientes, processos internos e aprendizagem e crescimento. Naavaliação verificou-se que a grande maioria das unidades teve desempenho razoável e umapequena minoria desempenho desfavorável. Esse desempenho é influenciado pela marca e pelo distrito a que pertence cada unidade de negócio. O projeto apresenta contributos importantes para a gestão do Grupo Inditex em Portugal, ao permitir que se consiga implementar um modelo de Balanced Scorecarddevidamente validado e utilizar a árvore de decisão como ferramenta de apoio na decisão de novos investimentos de aberturas de unidades de negócio.
There is, increasingly, a greater need for organizations to hold a strategic planning and be able to have methodologies that enable them to develop asystem for globally monitor the strategies implementation process that they have defined. This project shows the potential of the Balanced Scorecard as a management tool and strategic monitoring, aiming to draft a strategy map and BSC applied to the business units of the Inditex Group in Portugal, validate it and thereby assess its performance and identify performance determinants. To achieve these goals it was necessary to understand the characteristics of the textile and clothing sector and, in particular, the Inditex Group. It was also necessary to select a sample of business units and collect data that allowed calculating the indicators (KPI). For data analysis, descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used as well as multivariate data analysis techniques (K-means and CART). Based on 272 business units, the proposed strategy map is validated by identifying relationships between the four perspectives considered, financial, customers, internal processes and learning and growth. In the evaluation process it was observed that the vast majority of units had reasonable performance and a small minority unfavorable performance. This performance is influenced by the brand and thedistrict each business unit belongs to. The project presents important contributions to themanagement of the Inditex Group in Portugal, allowing to implement a previously validated model of Balanced Scorecard and using the decision tree as a support tool when deciding to invest in new business units openings.

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