'Restructuring the textile and clothing industries' in R Turner (ed), British Economy in Transition. From the old to the new?
Details:
- Author(s) Baker, Peter
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1995
- Pages pp67-87
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Comparative international studies
- Name Small businesses
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of industries
- Name Oral history
Countries:
- Italy
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Charts the recent decline of the two industries and the nature of the surviving parts; initiatives and policies adopted for revival compared with Italy; focuses especially on the experience of Hinckley, Leicestershire, and the survival there of a substantial number of small business and the factors behind this 'success' - this based on extensive interviews