TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoffman,Kurt
AU  - Rush,Howard
ED  - International Labour Organisation
TI  - Micro-electronics and clothing: the impact of technical change on a global industry 
SN  - 0275927989
AV  - HD9940.A2 H63 1988
U1  - 338.45687 
PY  - 1988///
CY  - New York
PB  - Praeger
KW  - Clothing trade
KW  - Clothing factories
KW  - Automation
N1  - "A study prepared for the International Labour Office within the framework of the World Employment Programme."; Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index; Part I; 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 --; Part II; 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 --; Part III; 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
ER  -