Abstract
In recently China, many middle and small private firms closed down in Shenzhen, Wenzhou. Many of them are labor-intensive industry, such as apparel, footwear, toy and household electrics. The observed reasons are obstacles of accessing credit caused by financial policies; wage increasing and inputs price inflation, etc. The impacts include short-turn or long-turn factors, but it reveals the symptoms in low-tech manufacturing that depending on low-cost competitive advantages is unsustainable. This paper based on Global Commodity Chain (GVC) analysis, and focus on apparel industry. The main conclusion is in the processes of apparel GVC upgrading, the assemble or manufacture stages must migrate, and the apparel firms should change their roles and functions in commodity chain. It is long-term tendency.KeywordsGlobal Commodity ChainGVCapparel industryupgradingrole changing
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
