The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade /

"The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey, The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirt's life sto...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rivoli, Pietra (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2015]
Edición:Second edition, new preface and epilogue, with updates on economic issues and main characters.
Temas:
T-shirt industry.
International trade.
Free trade.
International economic relations.
Tee-shirts > Industrie.
Commerce international.
Libre-échange.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Accounting > General.
International economic relations
International trade
T-shirt industry
Free trade
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • How America has dominated the global cotton industry for 200 years
  • The history of American cotton
  • Back at the Reinsch farm
  • All God's dangers ain't the subsidies
  • Cotton comes to China
  • The long race to the bottom
  • Sisters in time
  • The unwitting conspiracy
  • Returning to America
  • Dogs snarling together
  • Perverse effects and unintended consequences of T-shirt trade policy
  • 45 years of "temporary" protectionism end in 2009, now what?
  • Where T-shirts go after the Salvation Army bin
  • How small entrepreneurs clothe East Africa with old American T-shirts
  • Mitumba: friend or foe to Africa?
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue: Developments 2009-2014. American cotton is still king ; The race to the bottom speeds up ; The alphabet armies march on ; Competition heats up in the used clothing business.

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