The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh

Improving competitiveness is essential for any industry to survive in the extremely competitive business environment. And it is very important when it is through supply chain. A number of research studies have been done in different industries about this issue but very limited in textile and clothin...

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Main Authors: Nuruzzaman, Md, Quaddus, Mohammed, Jeeva, Ananda, Khan, Eiaz
Other Authors: Demetri Kantarelis
Format: Conference Paper
Published: BESI 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19466
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author Nuruzzaman, Md
Quaddus, Mohammed
Jeeva, Ananda
Khan, Eiaz
author2 Demetri Kantarelis
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Nuruzzaman, Md
Quaddus, Mohammed
Jeeva, Ananda
Khan, Eiaz
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description Improving competitiveness is essential for any industry to survive in the extremely competitive business environment. And it is very important when it is through supply chain. A number of research studies have been done in different industries about this issue but very limited in textile and clothing sector. The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh is the very important sub-sector of textile and clothing industry. Its’ play very important role to earn foreign currency in the economy of Bangladesh. After MFA it is very important to improve the competitiveness of RMG in the world clothing market. There are some research works about the competitiveness of Bangladeshi Ready-Made Garments (RMG) but significant study about the competitiveness of RMG by analysing supply chain is minimal. This paper aims to investigate the influence of external stakeholders to improve the competitiveness of Bangladeshi RMG industry in the way of improving competitiveness of RMG supply chain. An exploratory field study utilizing qualitative methodology was undertaken by conducting 10 interviews in different garment companies of Bangladesh. A content analysis technique was applied to examine the influences of external stakeholders with their associated variables. The qualitative evidences support the influence of external stakeholders in the RMG supply chain to improve competitiveness. This study offers further development of research model in future research of garment sector to improve competitiveness and provides its possible implications.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-194662017-02-28T01:28:37Z The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh Nuruzzaman, Md Quaddus, Mohammed Jeeva, Ananda Khan, Eiaz Demetri Kantarelis RMG Supply Chain and Competitiveness Improving competitiveness is essential for any industry to survive in the extremely competitive business environment. And it is very important when it is through supply chain. A number of research studies have been done in different industries about this issue but very limited in textile and clothing sector. The Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh is the very important sub-sector of textile and clothing industry. Its’ play very important role to earn foreign currency in the economy of Bangladesh. After MFA it is very important to improve the competitiveness of RMG in the world clothing market. There are some research works about the competitiveness of Bangladeshi Ready-Made Garments (RMG) but significant study about the competitiveness of RMG by analysing supply chain is minimal. This paper aims to investigate the influence of external stakeholders to improve the competitiveness of Bangladeshi RMG industry in the way of improving competitiveness of RMG supply chain. An exploratory field study utilizing qualitative methodology was undertaken by conducting 10 interviews in different garment companies of Bangladesh. A content analysis technique was applied to examine the influences of external stakeholders with their associated variables. The qualitative evidences support the influence of external stakeholders in the RMG supply chain to improve competitiveness. This study offers further development of research model in future research of garment sector to improve competitiveness and provides its possible implications. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19466 BESI restricted
spellingShingle RMG
Supply Chain and Competitiveness
Nuruzzaman, Md
Quaddus, Mohammed
Jeeva, Ananda
Khan, Eiaz
The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh
title The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh
title_full The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh
title_fullStr The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh
title_short The Influence of External Stakeholder in the Competitiveness of Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry-A study on RMG supply chain in Bangladesh
title_sort influence of external stakeholder in the competitiveness of ready-made garment (rmg) industry-a study on rmg supply chain in bangladesh
topic RMG
Supply Chain and Competitiveness
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19466