The impact of the national minimum wage in the apparel industry by Thompson, M, Undy, R, Kessler, I

“…This analysis of the NMW’s initial impact in the apparel industry focuses on organisational and institutional factors in explaining the effects on pay and related issues. …”

Multisensory perception and positive emotion: exploratory study on mixed item set for apparel e-customisation by Li, P, Wu, C, Spence, C

“…In order tTo improve the quality of online services and enrich the consumer experience of apparel e-customisation, this paper develops item scales that measure positive emotion, visual perception, and haptic perception. …”

FDI, AGOA and Manufactured Exports by a Landlocked, Least Developed African Economy: Lesotho. by Lall, S

“…Lesotho, a resource-poor country located inside South Africa, is now Africa's largest exporter of apparel to the U.S. Its performance, very unusual for Africa, relies heavily on Asian investors and trade privileges. …”

The Trade Restrictiveness of the Multi-fibre Arrangement. by Anderson, J, Neary, J

“…This study uses the trade restrictiveness index (TRI) of Anderson and Neary (1990) to evaluate U.S. policy toward seven major exporters of textiles and apparel under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA). The period covered is 1982-88. …”

The trade restrictiveness of the Multi-Fibre Agreement by Anderson, J, Neary, J

“…This study uses the trade restrictiveness index (TRI) of Anderson and Neary (1990) to evaluate U.S. policy toward seven major exporters of textiles and apparel under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA). The period covered is 1982–88. …”

From What We Wear to What We Eat: Upgrading in Global Value Chains by Dolan, C, Tewari, M

“…However, firms in horticulture and textile/apparel are governed by a small number of global buyers with demanding requirements. …”

The trade restrictiveness of the Multi-Fibre Agreement. by Anderson, J, Neary, J

“…This study uses the trade restrictiveness index (TRI) of Anderson and Neary (1990) to evaluate U.S. policy toward seven major exporters of textiles and apparel under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA). The period covered is 1982–88. …”

Global purchasing as labor regulation: the missing middle by Amengual, M, Distelhorst, G, Tobin, D

“…This study offers the first analysis of the full range of supply chain regulatory efforts, integrating records of factory labor audits with purchase order microdata. Studying an apparel and equipment retailer with a strong reputation for addressing labor conditions in its suppliers, we show that it persuaded factories to improve and terminated factories with poor labor compliance. …”

The enforcement of diverse labour standards through private governance: an assessment by Stroehle, JC

“…It examines structural and environmental features of cases encoded in a data set derived from over 1000 audit reports compiled by the Fair Labor Association. Focusing on the apparel, sports- and footwear industry, the article highlights the importance of regulatory quality, economic performance and social freedom in sourcing countries for the success of private governance. …”

Untangling social compliance: promises and pitfalls of social audit analyses by Stroehle, JC

“…This case study describes the promises and pitfalls of studying social audit data in the context of a global private labor governance program in the apparel industry, the Fair Labor Association. The case underlines how a thorough study and knowledge of both governing organization and local environment are essential for the sensible analysis of audit data. …”

Multi-product firms and product quality by Manova, K, Zhang, Z

“…The product quality ladder also governs firms’ export dynamics, both in general and in response to the exogenous removal of MFA quotas on textiles and apparel. Our results inform the drivers and measurement of firm performance, the effects of trade reforms, and the design of development policies. …”

Global interdependence and regional development: business linkages and corporate governance in a world of financial risk by Clark, G

“…The paper begins with a case study of CORPORATION X, a small global corporation which specializes in the production and sale of brand-name textile and apparel goods. CORPORATION X is a real company but emphasis is placed on the logical implications of its structure and organization for the theory of the firm and regional development in the western Pacific. …”

Virtue out of necessity? Compliance, commitment, and the improvement of labor conditions in global supply chains by Locke, R, Amengual, M, Mangla, A

“…Through a detailed study of a major global apparel company and its suppliers, this article argues that this compliance model rests on misguided theoretical and empirical assumptions concerning the power of multinational corporations in global supply chains, the role information (derived from factory audits) plays in shaping the behavior of key actors (e.g., global brands, transnational activist networks, suppliers, purchasing agents, etc.) in these production networks, and the appropriate incentives required to change behavior and promote improvements in labor standards in these emergent centers of global production. …”