The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry
This paper attempts to analyze the sustainability of the Asian wooden furniture industry. Despite booming exports, the furniture industry is besieged with stagnating productivity. The growth attributed to rising exports of low-value, contract furniture is not sustainable in the long-term as other ch...
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| author | Ratnasingam, J. Ioras, F. |
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| description | This paper attempts to analyze the sustainability of the Asian wooden furniture industry. Despite booming exports, the furniture industry is besieged with stagnating productivity. The growth attributed to rising exports of low-value, contract furniture is not sustainable in the long-term as other cheaper manufacturers emerge. Industry liberalization coupled with the use of skilled workers, and not industrial policy, are the strategic elements for sustainability. |
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| spelling | upm-1124222025-02-19T06:51:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112422/ The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry Ratnasingam, J. Ioras, F. This paper attempts to analyze the sustainability of the Asian wooden furniture industry. Despite booming exports, the furniture industry is besieged with stagnating productivity. The growth attributed to rising exports of low-value, contract furniture is not sustainable in the long-term as other cheaper manufacturers emerge. Industry liberalization coupled with the use of skilled workers, and not industrial policy, are the strategic elements for sustainability. Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2003 Article PeerReviewed Ratnasingam, J. and Ioras, F. (2003) The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff, 61 (3). pp. 233-237. ISSN 0018-3768; eISSN: 1436-736X https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00107-003-0382-9?error=cookies_not_supported&code=2b7593cf-905e-4aed-8270-d225d9940cd7 10.1007/s00107-003-0382-9 |
| spellingShingle | Ratnasingam, J. Ioras, F. The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
| title | The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
| title_full | The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
| title_fullStr | The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
| title_short | The sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
| title_sort | sustainability of the asian wooden furniture industry |
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