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Article: The textile and clothing industries under the fifth Kondratieff wave: Some insights from the case of Hong Kong
Title | The textile and clothing industries under the fifth Kondratieff wave: Some insights from the case of Hong Kong |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Fifth Kondratieff wave Flexible production Hong Kong Multi-fibre agreement New international division of labor Vertical disintegration |
Issue Date | 2002 |
Publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev |
Citation | World Development, 2002, v. 30 n. 5, p. 847-872 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper proposes that the world's textile and clothing industries have become increasing vertically disintegrated with a few flexible production regions (the "cream" portion) engaging in creative, innovative, dynamic and high value-added activities, and an expanding number and spatial extent of regions (the "cake" portion) taking part in low value-added activities. In-between is an "artificial" layer protected by the international regulatory framework. This layer has characteristics of both the "cream" and "cake" layers. On the one hand, the labor force in this layer suffers from low job mobility and low-paid blue-collar work of the "cake portion" and is dominated by female semi-skilled workers. On the other hand, industrialists and governments in this layer enjoy the profits and high export values of the "cream" portion. Under the Fifth Kondratieff wave, the textile and clothing industries have become increasingly coordinated and controlled by a thinner "cream" layer. Over time, regions in the "cake" portion will find it increasingly difficult to transform themselves into "cream" because of deep-seated structural and geographic differences. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/86340 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 5.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.253 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Loo, BPY | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T09:15:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T09:15:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2002 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | World Development, 2002, v. 30 n. 5, p. 847-872 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0305-750X | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/86340 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper proposes that the world's textile and clothing industries have become increasing vertically disintegrated with a few flexible production regions (the "cream" portion) engaging in creative, innovative, dynamic and high value-added activities, and an expanding number and spatial extent of regions (the "cake" portion) taking part in low value-added activities. In-between is an "artificial" layer protected by the international regulatory framework. This layer has characteristics of both the "cream" and "cake" layers. On the one hand, the labor force in this layer suffers from low job mobility and low-paid blue-collar work of the "cake portion" and is dominated by female semi-skilled workers. On the other hand, industrialists and governments in this layer enjoy the profits and high export values of the "cream" portion. Under the Fifth Kondratieff wave, the textile and clothing industries have become increasingly coordinated and controlled by a thinner "cream" layer. Over time, regions in the "cake" portion will find it increasingly difficult to transform themselves into "cream" because of deep-seated structural and geographic differences. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | World Development | en_HK |
dc.subject | Fifth Kondratieff wave | en_HK |
dc.subject | Flexible production | en_HK |
dc.subject | Hong Kong | en_HK |
dc.subject | Multi-fibre agreement | en_HK |
dc.subject | New international division of labor | en_HK |
dc.subject | Vertical disintegration | en_HK |
dc.title | The textile and clothing industries under the fifth Kondratieff wave: Some insights from the case of Hong Kong | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0305-750X&volume=30&issue=5&spage=847&epage=872&date=2002&atitle=The+Textile+and+Clothing+Industries+Under+the+Fifth+Kondratieff+Wave:+Some+Insights+from+the+Case+of+Hong+Kong | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Loo, BPY:bpyloo@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Loo, BPY=rp00608 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00005-0 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0036263197 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 70670 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-0036263197&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 30 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 847 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 872 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000175603700008 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Loo, BPY=7005145560 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0305-750X | - |