Max-planck-institut Für Gesellschaftsforschung Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
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The fi rst purpose of this paper is to theorize on the kind of knowledge that fi rms need in order to upgrade. The second purpose is to discuss some specifi c ways to upgrade, especially given the problem of contextual knowledge that manufactures face. To understand upgrading among garment manufacturers in developing countries, we must analyze the meaning of fashion garments. The paper introduces the theoretical notion of contextual knowledge, which furthers the two main fi ndings of the paper. The fi rst fi nding is empirical: it is a different situation to have a garment-producing fi rm in a developing country design for fi nal consumer markets in developed countries than it is to have garments designed by someone close to these markets. This is due to a knowledgegap in the global market. As a result of this fi rst fi nding, the second and more theoretical one deals with the knowledge context by examining its two dimensions – the lifeworld and the province of meaning.
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