Essays about: "Outsourcing production to China"

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  1. 1. Controlling Social Sustainability in the Apparel Industry : A qualitative study of how Scandinavian apparel companies control social sustainability in their supplier networks

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Annie Berg; Julia Swanemar; [2022]
    Keywords : Outsourcing; CSR; Social sustainability; Supply Chain Management; Apparel Industry; Code of Conduct; Measurement; Control; Responsible purchasing; audits; International standards; ILO; UN; workers rights;

    Abstract : The apparel industry is one of the first industries being criticized and publicly shamed for not taking enough social responsibility for the workers in their supply chain. Today, most of the apparel production takes place in developing countries such as Bangladesh, China, Cambodia and Vietnam. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sectoral Decomposition of Technology-adjusted CO2 Emissions from International Trade in China 1999-2009

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Enelin Tiiman; [2019]
    Keywords : CO2 emissions; carbon leakage; multi-region input-output; LMDI decomposition; China; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : In the context of increasing focus on the climate change China is being blamed for its large contribution to global CO2 emissions, which have been produced within China’s territory. However, increasing number of researches have started to argue that the developed countries should be held responsible for displacing their emissions by outsourcing pollution-heavy production to the developing countries. READ MORE

  4. 3. Reassessing Emissions in the Lucky Country: Consumption, Production & Outsourcing in Australia (1995 – 2009)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Kaj Löfgren; [2019]
    Keywords : Input-Output; CO2; Carbon Leakage; Climate Change; Embodied Emissions; Trade; Australia; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Despite a small population, Australia is globally relevant as the largest per capita emitter of greenhouse gases in the OECD and the world’s largest exporter of coal. Australia is also uniquely positioned amongst developed nations as being both acutely exposed to climate change impacts and being without coherent energy and emissions policies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Barriers when Selecting a Contract Manufacturer in China : A Study of SMEs in the toy industry

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : DUAA AL-AZZAWI; [2019]
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    Abstract : Production outsourcing to a manufacturer has become a very common thing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a manufacturing choice. Offshore manufacturers provide cheap and skillful labor which is what companies need to make a decent profit and make the products affordable to the end consumer. READ MORE

  6. 5. What is the Real Cost of Purchasing? - A comparison between purchasing offshore and purchasing nearshore

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industriell Produktion

    Author : Johannes Gustafsson; Maria Alström; [2017]
    Keywords : cost management; nearshore; offshore; purchasing management; risk management; production; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The product price given when producing offshore is not the entire truth and more companies decide to move their offshore production nearshore (Stentoft et. al, 2016). To measure the actual cost of producing many more parameters than visible costs needs to be taken account for. READ MORE