Scholars@Duke
Stacey Frederick

Scholarly Works - Journal articles

E-Commerce and Industrial Upgrading in the Chinese Apparel Value Chain

Journal article Journal of Contemporary Asia · January 1, 2019 The economic and social gains from electronic commerce (e-commerce) that promote innovation, industry upgrading and economic growth have been widely discussed. China’s successful experience with e-commerce has had a positive effect in transforming consumer ... Full text Open Access Cite

Diverse paths of upgrading in high-tech manufacturing: Costa Rica in the electronics and medical devices global value chains

Journal article Transnational Corporations · January 1, 2019 Costa Rica has sought to improve its position in the global economy by prioritizing export growth in two high-tech manufacturing industries led by foreign direct investment (FDI): electronics and medical devices. We use a global value chain (GVC) perspecti ... Open Access Cite

E-Commerce and Industrial Upgrading in the Chinese Apparel Value Chain

Journal article Journal of Contemporary Asia · June 19, 2018 The economic and social gains from electronic commerce (e-commerce) that promote innovation, industry upgrading and economic growth have been widely discussed. China’s successful experience with e-commerce has had a positive effect in transforming consumer ... Full text Open Access Cite

Researching risks of nanomaterials in Mexico

Journal article Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste · January 1, 2016 The aim of this article is to evaluate, using available direct and secondary data, the risks to human health and the environment within nanotechnologies research in Mexico. The argument is advanced in four sections. The first illustrates the implications o ... Full text Cite

Regional trade agreements and export competitiveness: The uncertain path of Nicaragua's apparel exports under CAFTA

Journal article Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society · November 1, 2015 The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has been a mixed blessing for economic development. While exports to the US economy have increased, dependency may hinder economic growth if countries do not diversify or upgrade before temporary provisions ... Full text Open Access Cite

Twelve years of nanoscience and nanotechnology publications in Mexico

Journal article Journal of Nanoparticle Research · January 1, 2014 Mexico is the second country in Latin America with regard to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research and Development, according to various indicators. Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies are viewed as strategic areas in government policy since 2001. In the la ... Full text Cite

Upgrading and restructuring in the global apparel value chain: Why China and Asia are outperforming Mexico and Central America

Journal article International Journal of Technological Learning Innovation and Development · January 1, 2011 This article uses the global value chain approach to analyse the upgrading trajectories of leading apparel exporters adapting to the end of textile and apparel quotas and the economic recession. These events have been coupled by the consolidation and recon ... Full text Open Access Cite

Industry clusters and global value chains: Analytical frameworks to study the new world of textiles

Journal article Journal of the Textile Institute · November 1, 2009 As the complexity of the textile industry has increased because of international regulations, advancements in technology, and resultant globalization, so too have the frameworks and theories used to explain these phenomena and how firms and countries can s ... Full text Cite

A descriptive analysis of North Carolina textile complex: 2006

Journal article Journal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management · September 1, 2007 In Spring of 2006, North Carolina State University's College of Textiles conducted a research study with funding from the North Carolina Department of Commerce entitled State of the Union of the Textile Industry in North Carolina: Improving Global Market C ... Cite

North Carolina's textile and apparel industry: Recent survey results

Journal article Journal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management · September 1, 2007 The article investigates the characteristics of North Carolina textile and apparel companies based on the results of a survey regarding different business management areas. This research investigates the process of internationalization: of the sales and pr ... Cite