Housing markets of large cities around the world, particularly in so-called developing and emerging countries, are currently experiencing a clash: On the one hand, large numbers of labour migrants arrive from rural areas and need cheap rental housing. On the other hand, international real estate...

This paper is based on the PhD thesis written by the author. Post-fordist production system has raised since 1970's. Main firms have divided production process into different stages and transferred some stages of the production to either other firms in the same factory or another firms in...

Im Rahmen eines Praktikums zur computergestützten Unternehmensanalyse wurden im Sommersemester 1990 am Lehrstuhl für Organisation mit Hilfe des Datev-Proprammes MIDIAS die Jahresabschlüsse von 18 Unternehmen der Bekleidungsindustrie untersucht. Ziel dieser Analyse war es, anhand von...

Almost daily, news indicates that there are environmental and social problems in globally fragmented supply chains. Even though conceptualisations of sustainable supply chain management suggest supplier-related risk management for sustainable products and processes as substantial for companies,...

Introduction -- The chain and the sweatshop -- The commodity & the sweatshop -- Difference & the sweatshop -- The regional lord & the sweatshop -- The broker & the sweatshop -- The body & the sweatshop -- Conclusions

Introduction : dis-organizing labour in the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific / Vicki Crinis and Adrian Vickers -- The fragmentation of the clothing and textile trade union movement in Malaysia / Vicki Crinis -- Scrutinizing the effectiveness of trade unions in post-socialist Vietnam / Anne...

"In 1951, Alvin Cramer Segal, at the age of eighteen and without a formal education, started working in the factory of his stepfather's company in Montreal. Today he is the chairman and chief executive officer of the largest supplier of men's fine-tailored clothing in North America, and is...

The difference between heaven and earth -- From factory favorite to fighter -- Unlikely alliance, risky proposition -- Ideals into action -- Escaping scripted roles -- Stories of transformation -- Deconstructing the business model -- New dreams and wider hopes -- Afterword: taking action