Upgrading and Technical Efficiency in Kenya Garment Firms

Language: English

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jan 2010, 2010

3838340558 / 9783838340555

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In Kenya, the garment industry is earmarked for industrial development due to its role in employment creation especially for low skilled workers, low capital outlay, and its forward and backward linkages. In value chains discourse, a widely held proposition is that upgrading occurs when local fims participate in global value chains (GVCs) where they are put on a potentially dynamic learning curve. This book explores the effect of incorporation of Kenyan garment firms into GVCs. It shows that insertion in GVCs facilitates mainly process but not product or functional upgrading, due to the nature of governance in GVCs. Further, firms in multiple value chains exhibit higher potential for upgrading than those specializing in GVCs only. On technical efficiency, the book shows that Kenyan garment manufacturing firms are technically efficient with a mean score of 83% and demystifying the need for efficiency to survive the buffeting effects of the MFA termination. Exporting, larger firms, and those in multiple value chains on average exhibited higher technical effieciency than the others. There is need to support local firms to grow and export. 312 pp. Englisch.…

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Title
Upgrading and Technical Efficiency in Kenya Garment Firms
Author
Paul Kamau
Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Jan 2010
Publication year
2010
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Language
English
ISBN 10
3838340558
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9783838340555
Item weight
483 grams
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220x150x19 mm

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