Micro-electronics and clothing : the impact of technical change on a global industry /

Hoffman, Kurt,

Micro-electronics and clothing : the impact of technical change on a global industry / Kurt Hoffman and Howard Rush. - xxxii, 253 pages ; 25 cm

"A study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme.".

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.

Character of Microelectronics and the Clothing Industry -- Trends in the Industrial Application of Microelectronics -- Characteristics of the Clothing Industry at the International and National Levels -- The Clothing Production Process: Structure, Organization, Economics -- The Application and Impact of Microelectronics in the Production of Clothing -- Radical Innovations in the Preassembly Phase: Portents for the Future -- Automation at the Assembly Stage -- Barriers to Innovation and Diffusion in the Clothing Industry -- Future Trends and Implications for the Third World -- Structural Change and Technological Transformation in the Clothing Industry -- Strategic Choices and Policy Options for the Third World. Part I. Part II. Part III.

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Clothing trade
Clothing factories--Automation

HD9940.A2 / H63 1988

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