Search for dissertations about: "garment industry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words garment industry.

2. 1. Supply Chain Governance for Social Sustainability : A Study of the Ready-Made Garment Industry in Bangladesh

   Author : Nandita Farhad; Heiko Gebauer; Jakob Rehme; Marie Bengtsson; Chris Ellegaard; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social sustainability; supply chain governance; multi-stakeholder initiatives; ready-made garment industry.; social hållbarhet; leverantörsstyrning; multi-intressentinitiativ; klädindustrin;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis approaches the phenomenon of supply chain governance for social sustainability in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh. This research is based on a study of eight large multinational corporations (e.g. clothing brands and retailers) and their ready-made garment suppliers. READ MORE

4. 2. Dedicated Followers of Fashion : An Economic Geographic Analysis of the Swedish Fashion Industry

   Author : Atle Hauge; Anders Malmberg; Dominic Power; Louise Crewe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Social and economic geography; fashion industry; economic geography; branding; industrial system; symbolic value; cool; Kulturgeografi;

   Abstract : In fashion, as in the rest of the economy, the globalisation of taste, power and production now plays a major role. The industry is dominated by fashion capitals like Paris, London or New York, populated by star designers like Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld or Jean-Paul Gaultier and controlled through MNC giants like Prada, Gucci, DKNY and Dior, who together influence consumer preferences on a global scale. READ MORE

5. 3. Zero Waste Design Thinking

   Author : Holly McQuillan; Clemens Thornquist; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; zero waste design; sustainable design; circular economy; fashion design; circular design; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Abstract : The fashion system is contributing to the environmental and social crises on an ever increasing scale. The industry must transform in order to situate itself within the environmental and social limits proposed by economist Kate Raworth, and the 17 sustainable development goals set out by the United Nations. READ MORE

6. 4. Zero Waste Systems Thinking : Multimorphic Textile-Forms

   Author : Holly McQuillan; Kristina Andersen; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

   Abstract : Zero Waste System Thinking: Multimorphic Textile-Forms is situated in the context of the rapidly unfolding environmental crisis and the dominant response to this in the industry - the circular economy. It began by building on existing knowledge around sustainable fashion and textiles, and zero waste design practice. READ MORE

7. 5. Fashioning the Ecological Crisis : Sustainability and Feminism in Fashion Advertising and Communication in Contemporary Sweden

   Author : Mariko Takedomi Karlsson; Humanekologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; feminism; femvertising; fashion; advertising; marketing; sustainability; consumption; gender; greenwashing; social media; feminism; mode; reklam; marknadsföring; hållbarhet; konsumtion; genus; sociala medier; femvertising; greenwashing;

   Abstract : The corporatisation of social justice (gender justice, LGBTQI+ rights, racial justice) and environmental justice ideals in the last decades has grown immensely in western countries, exemplified by rainbow-clad ATM’s during Pride month or Nike using images of NFL player Kaepernick’s anti-racism protest action of taking a knee during the USA national anthem in a marketing campaign. One of the industries that has been particularly inundated with symbols of social justice is the fashion industry. READ MORE