Determinants of Vertical Integration in the Egyptian Garment Industry, 2002 / Amirah El-Haddad.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 4270.

ICPSR ; 4270

Language:

English

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2006.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

The data pertaining to this study was the result of an exhaustive investigation into the nature of the firms composing the Egyptian garment industry. The data capture various characteristics of the firms relating to each one's level and order of integration into the production of fabrics and garments and into retail. Part 1 of the study contains the data obtained from the initial screening interviews administered to each firm by phone to determine the prevalence and nature of integration present in its operations. This information was used to determine which one of the four study questionnaires would be administered to each firm during the final interview. Each questionnaire produced four datasets containing (in this order): general questions contracts lock in, switching costs, and temporal specificity product information. Questionnaire 1 (Parts 2-5) was administered to the firms for which the following four scenarios was true: (1) garment production and retail occurred at the same time at the establishment, and both garment production and fabric production took place at the same time at the establishment, (2) garment production and retail occurred simultaneously at the establishment, but fabrics were not produced in-house, (3) garment production occurred before retail while garment and fabric production were simultaneous at the establishment, and (4) garment and fabric production that occurred simultaneously at the establishment but retail operations not performed in-house (i.e. did not own or rent its own retail stores). Questionnaire 2 (Parts 6-9) was completed by the firms for which the following two scenarios were true: (1) garment production was subsequent to fabric production, and garment production was started prior to retail, or (2) garment production was started prior to retail, and the firm did not produce any of its own fabrics. Questionnaire 3 (Parts 10... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04270

Contents:

Part 1: Screening Information; Part 2: Questionnaire 1: General Questions; Part 3: Questionnaire 1: Contracts; Part 4: Questionnaire 1: Lock In, Switching Costs, and Temporal Specificity; Part 5: Questionnaire 1: Products; Part 6: Questionnaire 2: General Questions; Part 7: Questionnaire 2: Contracts; Part 8: Questionnaire 2: Lock In, Switching Costs, and Temporal Specificity; Part 9: Questionnaire 2: Products; Part 10: Questionnaire 3: General Questions; Part 11: Questionnaire 3: Contracts; Part 12: Questionnaire 3: Lock In, Switching Costs, and Temporal Specificity; Part 13: Questionnaire 3: Products; Part 14: Questionnaire 4: General Questions; Part 15: Questionnaire 4: Contracts; Part 16: Questionnaire 4: Lock In, Switching Costs, and Temporal Specificity; Part 17: Questionnaire 4: Products

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2006-07-25.

OCLC:

70890446

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