Internationalization and the Dutch Fashion Industry

Download or read book Internationalization and the Dutch Fashion Industry written by Hogeschool van Amsterdam and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today’s global world, it is hard to deny that organizations are increasingly internationalizing in order to remain competitive, to access growth markets and resources and to reduce operating costs. Access to global resources and markets has had profound impact on many industries, the fashion industry being only one example. Since the 1970s, manufacturing in the fashion industry has undergone significant changes, leading to the fragmentation of the value chain and the decline of fashion/textile manufacturing in developed countries. As in other developed countries, the manufacturing of clothing and textiles in the Netherlands has been largely, if not completely, off-shored, making it essential for Dutch fashion firms to engage with international partners.0The series of studies in the book, Internationalization and the Dutch Fashion Industry, explore the inward and outward internationalization of small- and medium-sized fashion firms and ask three main questions: 0What attracts fashion entrepreneurs to a city?0How do fashion firms manage quality control in international production partnerships?0How do they monitor corporate social responsibility of their international production partners?