Fashion, apparel, textile, merchandising, garments

1. An Empirical Assessment of Technology Transfer Emerging from Integration into Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains in the Global Apparel Industry By Jonathan A. Fink & Shahdad Naghshpour University of Southern Mississippi

12. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel Major Shippers Report. Online at www.otexa.ita.doc.gov .

13. Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel Major Shippers Report. Online at www.otexa.ita.doc.gov .

20. How Can there be Upgrading Amidst Price Stagnation? Source: U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) Database. Per unit prices converted to Mexican Pesos based on the ILO Laborsta CPI-Mexico Database. (see appendix four)

21. Are Labor Productivity Gains in Coahuila Correlated to Learning from Foreign Buyers? Are other variables the causal agents for productivity gains ? Source: INEGI. La Industria Textil y Del Vestido en Mexico: Serie de Estadisticas Sectorales. Editiones 1998 and 2005