A Comparative Analysis of South Asian Apparel Firms in Global Value Chains: Governance, Institutions and Upgrading

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Khattak, Amira
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	....................................................................................................................... I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................... III LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .......................................................................................... IX LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................... XI LIST OF FIGURES ......................................................................................................... XI CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK .............. 1 1.1 Background of the study ........................................................................................ 1 1.2 Purpose of research ................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Overview of the empirical data and case studies .................................................... 8 1.4 Country profiles ..................................................................................................... 9 1.4.1 Sri Lanka ........................................................................................................ 9 1.4.2 Bangladesh ....................................................................................................10 1.5 Structure of the thesis ...........................................................................................11 CHAPTER TWO: CONCEPTUAL LENS OF THE STUDY ........................................15 2.1 Chapter overview..................................................................................................15 2.2 Global chain studies ..............................................................................................15 2.2.1 The commodity chain construct .....................................................................18 2.2.2 The global commodity chains construct .........................................................19 2.2.3 The global value chain framework .................................................................19 2.3 Dimensions of GVC analysis ................................................................................20 2.4 Governance ..........................................................................................................21 2.4.1 Theoretical underpinnings of governance .......................................................24 2.5 Upgrading.............................................................................................................28 2.6 The global apparel industry and the GVC framework ...........................................29 2.7 Missing elements in the GVC literature and possible contributions .......................31 2.7.1 Institutions .....................................................................................................31 2.7.2 Social and environmental upgrading ..............................................................34 2.8 Conclusion ...........................................................................................................37
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