Textile and Apparel Management publications (MU)
Items in this collection are the scholarly output of the Department of Textile and Apparel Management faculty, staff, and students, either alone or as co-authors, and which may or may not have been published in an alternate format. Items may contain more than one file type.
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Recent Submissions
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Framing a Descriptive Profile of a Transformed Apparel Industry: Apparel Import Intermediaries in the United States
(Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 2009)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to confirm empirically the existence of a US apparel import intermediary (AII) identity crisis, and to provide a detailed descriptive profile of AIIs, differentiating them from apparel ... -
Does the Firm Size Matter on Firm Entrepreneurship and Performance? U.S. Apparel Import Intermediary Case
(Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 2009)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the relationship between firm entrepreneurship and performance is dependent upon firm size within a small- and medium-size enterprise (SME) population, using ... -
Socially Responsible Consumer Behavior? Exploring Used Clothing Donation Behavior
(International Textile & Apparel Association, 2009)Most research on socially responsible consumer behavior has focused on consumer purchasing behavior, therefore, little is known about it during the product disposal stage. This study sought an in-depth understanding of ... -
Apparel Import Intermediaries' Secrets to Success: Redefining Success in a Hyper-dynamic Environment
(Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 2008)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to obtain an immediate and deeper understanding of apparel import intermediaries' (AII) secrets to success in the hyper-dynamic US apparel market environment. Design/methodology/approach: ... -
Exploring Learning Experience in Textile and Apparel Management: Study Abroad in El Salvador
(International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 2008)Global economy has fundamentally changed the nature of business as well as the mission of higher education. Professional academic programmes, such as textiles and apparel, are ultimately responsible for preparing students ... -
Apparel Import Intermediaries: The Impact of a Hyper-Dynamic Environment on U.S. Apparel Firms
(International Textile & Apparel Association, 2008)This study's objectives were to clarify the standing of apparel import intermediaries (AIIs) and to obtain an immediate and deeper understanding of them in their real-life settings from the perspective of industry experts ... -
Regional Production Network Led by the U.S. Textile Industry and the Impact of the 2006-2008 U.S.-China Textile Agreement
(Journal of Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management, 2009)A regional production network (RPN) refers to a business cooperation system among firms in different countries involving a division of labor to develop, manufacture, and market specific commodities. This study focused on ...