Jute, considered as the golden fiber of Bangladesh, has a remarkable history from a socio-economic perspective in the total economy. However, the potential contribution of jute products to the overall economy has not been adequately achieved because of a lack of consumers’ awareness and...

In one minute, one million plastic bags are in use around the world and in Europe, plastic carrier bags are produced 3.4 million tons in a year and average European uses about 500 plastic bags per year that takes 100s of years to degrade and not only contaminates the environment but also...

The present study investigated development and structure of jute sector before and after independence of Bangladesh. The paper also examined the overall situation, major changes, policies of jute history and exploring its potentiality. This research conducted content analysis of historical...

"This book connects the history of labour movements with the transformation of workplace relations in South Asia from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s. Contending that labour conflicts in the Bengal jute industry must be understood against the backdrop of a radical change in the...

The primary motivation of this paper is an inquiry into short-run efficiency, with factory level data, that can throw light on the reasons for survival of the jute industry in India. After briefly recapitulating the history of the rise of the Indian jute industry, and its stagnation in later...

Global competition is the services or products provided by competing companies that serve international customers. Competition on a local scale where people are competing against one another for one common goal - the best in their core competency. Global competition has allowed companies to buy...

Product development is an important capability because of the constantly changing environment. The innovation process is also relevant to the extent that an organization does something that nobody else can do, or doing better than others. In this context, the present article has the objective to...

Before the advent of synthetic fibers and cargo containers, jute sacks were the preferred packaging material of global trade, transporting the world's grain, cotton, sugar, tobacco, coffee, wool, guano, and bacon. Jute was the second-most widely consumed fiber in the world, after cotton. While...

Climate change is expected to displace millions of involuntary migrants in Bangladesh. We draw on history to show that these ``environmental refugees'' can play a positive role in the regions that receive them by looking at the partition of India. We use an instrumental variables (IV) strategy...

This book explores employee involvement in the transformation of an ailing business as it was taken over by workers and became a sustainable worker cooperative. The focus is on the struggles within the cooperative that create contradictions and mismatches in the expectations around employee...

The world packaging industry, criticized for degrading the environment by using synthetic packaging materials, found a solution in jute - a biodegradable green product. Prior to large-scale use of synthetics, the demand for Indian jute in the global packaging industry was very high. Till early...

He making and re-making of the imperial nexus of jute, 1840-1940 -- The coming of the up-countrymen : labour conditions and class formation in the Bengal jute industry, 1875-1910 -- The making of juteopolis and the imperial nexus of jute, 1875-1910 -- Working class militancy and labor politics...

1. The making and re-making of the imperial nexus of jute, 1840-1940 -- 2. The coming of the up-countrymen : labour conditions and class formation in the Bengal jute industry, 1875-1910 -- 3. The imperial nexus and the making of Juteopolis, 1875-1910 -- 4. Working class militancy and labor...

Bangladesh is facing an acute shortage of fibrous raw materials for the production of pulp and paper. On the other hand, the demand for paper and paper products is increasing day by day. This study reviews the availability and suitability of nonwood raw materials for pulp production in...