The competitive factors of the Bangladeshi garment industry in the post-MFA era

Alam, Samsul; Natsuda, Kaoru

doi:10.1080/02255189.2016.1157457

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“…FOB-1 consists of local producers taking the responsibility of sourcing intermediate materials and production, whereas in FOB-2, local producers conduct sourcing of intermediate materials, all levels of production, and design. In this context, CMT, FOB-1, and FOB-2 are equivalent to OEA (original equipment assembly), OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and ODM (original design manufacturer), respectively in the electronics industry (see Alam and Natsuda, 2013). 15 For instance, except for EU 28, the largest exporting country was China (accounting for USD 154 billion and 37.3 percent), followed by Bangladesh (USD 20 billion and 4.8 percent), India and Turkey (USD 14 billion and 3.5 percent) in 2011 (WTO, 2012, p. 132).…”

Section: Bangladeshmentioning

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The Textile and Clothing Industrialization Cycle

Yürek¹,

Natsuda²,

Akkemik³

et al. 2019

M U Iktisadi Ve Idari Bilimler Dergisi

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Starting with the industrial revolution in the United Kingdom in the 18th century, the textile and clothing (TC) sector has shown some streamlined stages and characteristics that seem to reoccur even today in a similar sequence. The TC industry develops capitalizing on the adoption of its industrial technology, creates employment for relatively low skilled labor converting them into industrial workers. At this stage it also triggers the development of other manufacturing industries through positive technical, labor or managerial spillovers. As the TC manufacturing technology is further adopted by the businesses, the sector further grows, enhances productivity and becomes part of an international supply chain. Faced with international competition, the TC sector reaches a bifurcation point when it mostly diminishes or it is transformed into a higher value-added sector through fashion, branding or technical textiles. As such, the TC industry proclaims Kaldor's growth laws. The idea is supported by several timebound country experiences which are located on the TC Cycle. The suggested streamlined stages and characteristics of the TC sector provides some valuable development policy recommendations for some African countries that are striving to industrialize as well as for countries that reached to bifurcation point on the TC Cycle, such as Turkey.

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Section: Bangladeshmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Textile and Clothing Industrialization Cycle

Yürek¹,

Natsuda²,

Akkemik³

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“…Overall, approximately 80% of worldwide apparel workers are women who usually come from rural and poor backgrounds to urban areas in search of work (Clean Clothes Campaign, 2013). Consequently, the globalized apparel industry has a significant | 461 empowering effect since poor and low educated women are able to find work and earn a salary, provide their children with an education, be more financially independent and eradicate poverty (Alam, Selvanathan, & Selvanathan, 2017;Alam & Natsuda, 2016).…”

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The apparel industry in the post‐Multifiber Arrangement environment: A review

Alam

Selvanathan

Hossain

2018

Review Development Economics

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The apparel industry contributes significantly to the economic development of many developing countries. Between 1974 and 2004, the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) heavily regulated this industry. Since the total abolition of the MFA in 2005, competition in apparel trade has increased many folds and some developing countries, such as Bangladesh and Vietnam, have been successful while some others, such as Mexico and the Philippines, are struggling to meet this challenge. This study presents a historical evolution of the apparel industry before and after the introduction of MFA and analyzes the factors that enhance apparel export performance during the post‐MFA period. The analysis reveals that cheap labor, firm size, product quality, foreign ownership, availability of local input materials, new product development, preferential market access and working conditions are the major factors that help gaining competitiveness in apparel exports during the post‐MFA period. These observations provide new insights to the policy makers and business managers to formulate and implement appropriate policies in order to become competitive in apparel exports.

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“…It was justifiably attempted in this paper to show that the R & D, Investment ,Leadership, Teamwork, Efficiency and Lead-time are key factors in maximizing influences and competitiveness of the Garment Industry in Sri Lanka. Apart from these major factors mentioned-above, Alam (2013 ) in his paper said that in order to strengthen its competitiveness of the RMG industry , it also might be important for the garment industry to improve various impediments, such as insufficient infrastructure, corruption, labor unrest, and labor productivity, in order to create a future sustainability the industry which applies exactly similar in the Sri Lankan context.…”

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The Productivity Success Factors affecting to Competitiveness of the Readymade Garment industry in Sri Lanka

P.R¹

2018

IJOART

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The competitive factors of the Bangladeshi garment industry in the post-MFA era

Cited by 18 publications

References 28 publications

The Textile and Clothing Industrialization Cycle

The Textile and Clothing Industrialization Cycle

The apparel industry in the post‐Multifiber Arrangement environment: A review

The Productivity Success Factors affecting to Competitiveness of the Readymade Garment industry in Sri Lanka

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