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Name: John T. Thoburn Position: Reader
Institution: University of East Anglia, UK Department: Management
E-Mail: j.t.thoburn@uea.ac.uk
Webpage: Link to Website
Highest Degree: PhD, University of Alberta, Canada, 1971
Thesis Title: Exports in the economic development of West Malaysia
Industry Specializations: Apparel, Textiles
Region Specializations: Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia
Country Specializations: Cambodia, China, Viet Nam, South Africa
Detailed Research Interests: How Viet Nam is coping with the challenges to its garment exports, particularly from China, following the end of the Multi-fibre Arrangement/Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.

 


Relevant GVC Publications

TitleJournal NameDate

Meeting the challenge of China: the Vietnamese garment industry in the post MFA era Global Networks 2011
Challenges to the Cambodian Garment Industry in the Global Garment Value Chain European Journal of Development Research 2010
Challenges to Vietnamese firms in the global garment and textile value chain Chapter in edited book 2005
Vietnam in the Global Garment and Textile Value Chain: Impacts on Firms and Workers Journal of International Development 2004
Challenges to Vietnamese firms in the world garment and textile value chain, and the implications for alleviating poverty Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 2004

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