Why do some middle-income countries diversify their economies but fail to upgrade–to
produce world-class products based on local inputs and technological capacities? Why …

There is more to Japanese sport than sumo, karate and baseball. This study of social sport
in Japan pursues a comprehensive approach towards sport as a distinctive cultural sphere …

The right to organize is the worker's most effective weapon against exploitative conditions.
Yet the global “race to the bottom” has turned the weapon of unionizing–and the anti …

On January 1, 2005, the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA), which establishes quotas on different
categories of apparel and textile imports to the US and the EU, will be fully phased out. The …

For developing countries, the textiles and clothing industries have traditionally been an
important gateway to industrialization and increased exports. With the expiration of the …

The Asian economic region has become centrally important to the sporting goods industry
for two main reasons. First. Asia is emerging as an increasingly important sales market for …

The purpose of this paper is propose two vastly different approaches to studying the role of
commodity chains in the global economy. Both use the commodity chains framework to …

The variety of channels through which China's growing economic and political weight has
begun impinging upon other countries has aroused intense interest and not a little concern …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to elaborate the reason behind a sustainable guanxi
network through the introduction of the collaborative strategy in the Taiwanese shoe …

The purpose of this paper is propose two vastly different approaches to studying the role of
commodity chains in the global economy. Both use the commodity chains framework to …