Bangladesh's Leather Industry - Local Production Networks in the Global Economy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)

This study provides an overview of how the Bangladeshi leather value chain is organised and governed. It analyses how the leather processing and leather goods/footwear subsectors are integrated into the global market and to what extent informal arrangements including illicit practices are conducive to global market entry. Power relations are dissected along the value chain, in order to analyse how local producers adapt to upholding competitiveness. The results of the work show the need to devise upgrading strategies which pay heed to the reality of informal dynamics in a global value chain (GVC) to improve the local producers' competitiveness. The GVC perspective was combined with considerations on upgrading, subcontracting, middlemen and informality to adequately analyse the complexity of the transactions in the chain. The data of this study are drawn from empirical field studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh and other sections of the international leather value chain during the time period of 2010 to 2014. A qualitative research approach was complemented with quantitative methods.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Springer Geography
Release date:	September 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Joseph Strasser
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	286
Edition:	1st ed. 2015
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-22547-0
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Promotions
LSN:	3-319-22547-2
Barcode:	9783319225470

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