An Inquiry into the Rapid Growth of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh

Mottaleb, Khondoker Abdul; Sonobe, Tetsushi

doi:10.1086/661218

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“…4 According to our personal interviews with several business consultants, this approach works well in helping particularly those enterprise owners who are clueless about how to induce or encourage workers to keep workplace neat and tidy, to keep track of inventory and work in progress, to perform machine maintenance regularly, and to undertake other activities that would prevent injury, improve work 4 Van Biesebroeck (2003) examines the changes in the productivity of the U.S. automobile industry from the 1960s to the 1990s and finds that the introduction of the lean manufacturing and Kaizen considerably increased the productivity during the 1980s and 1990s. Garment enterprises in Bangladesh grew fast partly because of their engagement in Kaizen (Mottaleb and Sonobe, 2011).…”

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Sustained impacts of Kaizen training

Higuchi

Nam

Sonobe

2015

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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We conducted a randomized controlled trial of short-term management training for small manufacturers in two study sites in Vietnam and collected follow-up data repeatedly for two years to assess longer-term impacts than the existing studies of management training. Our training programs introduced participants to Kaizen, a common-sense approach to production management. In both sites, many participants started to recognize the importance of learning about management and improved their management skills. The impacts on management skills were statistically significant two years after the programs. Our results suggest that the training program increased participants' value added in one of the two study sites, likely because they learned how to eliminate wastes in production.

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Section: Experimental Interventionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustained impacts of Kaizen training

Higuchi

Nam

Sonobe

2015

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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“…After achieving its independence in 1971, the industry that has been making vital contributions in rebuilding the country and its economy, is now the largest export earner of the country (Adnan et al, 2015;Ahmed et al, 2013;Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, 2017;Curran and Nadvi, 2015;Farhana et al, 2015;Hasan et al, 2013;Karmaker and Saha, 2016;Mahmud et al, 2017;Sikdar et al, 2014;Wadud et al, 2014). In 2014-2015 the industry in Bangladesh was worth USD 25.49 billion that has experienced sharp increases from around USD 10 billion in 2007-2008to USD 17.91 billion in 2010-2011to USD 19.1 billion in 2011(Bangladesh All Party Parliamentary Group, 2013Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, 2017;Mottaleb and Sonobe, 2011;Wadud et al, 2014). Currently, the industry accounts for approximately 80-81 percent of export earnings of the country (Ahmed et al, 2013;Akterujjaman and Ahmad, 2016;Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, 2017;Curran and Nadvi, 2015;Islam and Ahmed, 2014;Islam and Liang, 2012;Stotz and Kane, 2015;Theuws et al, 2013).…”

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Safety Issues of Female Workers of Garment Industry in Gazipur District, Bangladesh

Mahmud

Rajath²

2017

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We study the prevalence of safety hazards of female worker of the garment industry in Gazipur district, Bangladesh. This study focused on two sub-districts, Sreepur and Kaliakoir, of Gazipur district. Data for this study were collected from 100 female garment workers of the district. This study observes female workers in the industry consistently suffer from a wide range of safety hazards, such simple cut injury and fire incidences at the workplace. This study also analyses the causes and measures to solve the health issues of female garment workers of Gazipur district.

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“…China and India are big players in the market. Bangladesh imports raw materials and uses other factors of production like cheap labor to make it final goods at cheaper rate (Mottaleb & Sonobe, 2011). If she could use local materials, she would be the market leader and cost leader at a time in this industry in the whole world.…”

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Impact of Macro Environmental Factors on Garments Industry That Drives Export in Bangladesh

Islam

Pattak

2017

Studies in Business and Economics

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Abstract:It goes without saying that Garments industry of Bangladesh has drawn a special attention to the mass people in the world because of being both cost leader and quality leader at the same time. The purpose of this research paper is to analyze the garments industry in Bangladesh which is going to be an emerging tiger in the world economy. It also aims to assess the impact of macro-environmental factors affecting the industry by PESTEL analysis. Again, five forces model has been analyzed to assess the impacts of competitive external factors on the Garments industry in Bangladesh. Furthermore, Garments sector competitive responses to the primary issues affecting the industry have been evaluated here. It also outlines the primary external influences to which this industry is subject. In this case, SWOT analysis has been conducted to assess the competitive position of this industry in comparison with the global perspective. The study suggests that total export is highly correlated with the exports of garments. It also finds that there is severe lacking in the safety and security compliance, wages and compensations and code of conduct of the current organizations. Moreover, GSP facility withdrawn can impact severely on the ready made garments of Bangladesh to compete with price in the international market with China, India and Vietnam etc. The ready made garments sector of Bangladesh is enjoying cost leadership as a source of completive advantage because of cheap labor. Finally, the study would like to recommend for further improvement of garment sector in Bangladesh.

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An Inquiry into the Rapid Growth of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh

Cited by 82 publications

References 19 publications

Sustained impacts of Kaizen training

Sustained impacts of Kaizen training

Safety Issues of Female Workers of Garment Industry in Gazipur District, Bangladesh

Impact of Macro Environmental Factors on Garments Industry That Drives Export in Bangladesh

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