Case Study about Textile and clothing (TC)
Background: In the book “Crescent & Star,” author Stephen Kinzer describes Turkey as “the most fascinating country in the world.” While some may not agree with Kinzer a former bureau chief for The New York Times in Istanbul one cannot dispute that the country has undergone a remarkable social and economic transformation over the past few years. The momentum behind this transformation continues today. In June 2007, as part of the e-Transformation Turkey Project, the Turkish government began working with the Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) to develop strategic initiatives on how the adoption of information communications technologies (ICT) could enable Turkey to increase the productivity of its key industries
Business Challenges: The TC sector is widely regarded as the locomotive of the Turkish economy and enjoys considerable visibility on both the domestic and global fronts. Proximity to leading European markets and large, mature textile and clothing clusters has fueled the growth of the TC industry, and in 2006, the World Trade Organization listed Turkey as the ninth- largest supplier of textiles and the fourth-largest in clothing. Turkey’s international success demonstrates the impact of clustering on the development of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in emerging countries. Like most Turkish industries, the TC sector is predominantly comprised of SMBs
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