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1、外文翻译原文InsightsfromresearchAnanalysisofEuropeantextilesectorcompetitivenessMaterialSource:www.emeraldinsight.com/reprintsAuthor:NicholasBilalisTheEuropeantextile-clothingindustryincludesmorethan170,000firms,inthewholechainofoperationfromspinningtoclothingandretailing,w
2、ithover2millionemployees.TheEuropeanUnion(EU)clothingandtextileindustriesarecharacterizedbyveryintenseinternationalcompetition.EUproducersfacefiercecompetitionfromexportsofnewindustrializedcountries(NICs),especiallyfromChina,whoselowwagesandsocialchargesgivethemaconsi
3、derablecompetitiveadvantage.Laborcostsprobablyrepresentthemostimportantcostfactorinthemanufactureofclothing,wherelaborremainsthedeterminingelementintheproductionprocess.Inaddition,until1994,thetextilesandclothingindustryfellunderthelegalforceoftheUnitedNation’sMultifi
4、breArrangement-MFA(UN,1981),whichenabledeachcountrytoimposequantitativequotasonimportsoftextileandclothingproducts.ThefollowingdecadetheMFAwasreplacedbytheWorldTradeOrganization’sAgreementonTextilesandClothing(ATC)(WTO,1994),whichsetoutatransitionalprocessforthefinalr
5、emovalofthequotaspolicy.On1January2005theprotectiveumbrellaoftheATCwasliftedandnationalgovernmentscannolongerapplyquantitativerestrictionsintheflowofthetextileproducts.TheseagreementshavecontributedtothecreationofanewbusinesslandscapeandtextilecompaniesthroughoutEurop
6、eandelsewherecannolongerrelyonintergovernmentalbilateralagreementsinordertoensurelong-termgrowth.ThispaperpresentstheresultsofananalysisoftheEuropeantextilesectorcompetitiveness.TheanalysisisbasedonanindustrialexcellencemodeldevelopedbyINSEAD.Thismodelhasbeenusedforth
7、elasttenyearsinanannualaward,givenoutinFranceandGermany.Inbrief,industrialexcellenceisthebasisfortheefficientoperationofacompanyinthenewglobalenvironmentandtheintegrationoftheinformationandcommunicationtechnologywithinthecompany.Intheapproachpresentedinthispaper,theIn
8、dustrialExcellenceAwardframeworkwasusednotforgivinganaward,butforassessingandanalyzingthecurrentstatusofindustrialexcellence