Competitiveness of the Textile Sector of Croatia in Trade with the European Union

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Use of Industry 4.0 and Organisational Innovation Concepts in the Serbian Textile and Apparel Industry

“…This condition is similar in the neighboring countries (i.e. Croatia) [12]. Figure 3 depicts the level of use of Industry 4.0 concepts in the textile sector.…”

“…In this respect, the objective of the present paper is to describe in detail the use, planned use and level of use of Industry 4.0 and organisational innovation, providing recent empirical evidence from However, the European textile industry is trying to increase its innovative and competitive potential to achieve a significant role in the economic arena [12]. Moreover the European Union also has a positive impact on improving the competitiveness of the textile sector.…”

“…Moreover the European Union also has a positive impact on improving the competitiveness of the textile sector. Thus there is a clear interest from the member states and candidate countries in substantially strengthening the industry on the European and even global scale [12]. To increase competitiveness, it is necessary to produce fashion products which are strongly affected by the dynamics of esthetic and technological trends [14].…”

Sustainable Incremental Organizational Change—A Case of the Textile and Apparel Industry

“…Therefore, sustainability issues may be analysed from the view of adaptive change of routines, social background of reproduced routines, the relationship between technology and practice, value (co)creation, the replication of routines [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Most studies on performed practices in textile and apparel industry are focused on industry competitiveness [17]; operations and practices in supply chains [18,19]; supply network strategies [20] or product development processes [21]. Our study contributes to a broad stream of research in the textile and apparel industry.…”

Protection of Design in the Textile Industry in Order to Improve the Economic Aspect of Sustainable Development of Serbia—Comparative Overview of the Laws of the European Union and Croatia

“…Today, the 'Innovation Union 2020'strategy puts design at the very heart of innovation drivers [10]. Faced with competition from low-cost countries such as China and India, European manufacturers working in this industry have to care about quality and follow current trends, as well as meeting ever-increasing customer expectations, which should lead to the growth of the economic value of this sector [11]. This is why there is a clear interest from the member states and candidate countries in substantially strengthening the industry on a European and even global scale [9,11].…”