Books: industry

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• Creating economic opportunities. The role of labour standards in industrial restructuring - Buy now
  29 June 1994 - Comprises 13 essays which examine the role and value of labour standards for industrial restructuring. Includes essays which argue for and against the value of labour standards, and case studies which examine restructuring since the 1980s at the enterprise, industry, national and international level. Refers to a number of ILO Conventions and Recommendations.

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• Employment and industrial relations issues in oil refining. Report TMOR/1998 - Buy now
  22 December 1997 - Covers trends from 1970 to 1995.

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• Globalization of the footwear, textiles and clothing industries. Report TMFTCI/1996 - Buy now
  22 August 1996 - Covers trends from 1970 to 1992.

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• Improved security of seafarer’s identification. Report 91 VII (1) - Buy now
  16 August 2002 - International Labour Conference, 91st Session 2003. Report VII (1) This report reviews various means of increasing the security of seafarers' identification with a view to the adoption of a Protocol to the Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108).
• Industrial districts and local economic regeneration - Buy now
  28 February 1992 - This book considers two basic questions: How do the experiences of the Italian industrial districts compare with those of Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany and Spain? What are the policy interventions needed to sustain existing industrial districts and to guide other regions wishing to pursue a similar strategy in the interests of local economic regeneration?
• Improved village technology for women’s activities. A manual for West Africa - Buy now
  29 November 1984 - Report of an ILO/UNITAR international seminar, held in Tashkent, USSR, 11-19 October 1983, on women, work and demographic issues. 

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• Labour practices in the footwear, leather, textiles and clothing industries. Report TMLFI/2000 - Buy now
  12 September 2000 - Presents the long-term trends over the period 1980 to 1995 and provides up-to-date information on the most recent developments over the period 1995 to 1998. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Labour Practices in the Footwear, Leather, Textiles and Clothing Industries, TMLFI/2000
• Local/Regional response to global pressure. The case of Italy and its industrial districts (RS 103) - Buy now
  28 June 1996 - Comprises 11 contributions. Examines the economic performance of the industrial districts of Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany and Veneto. Discusses challenges facing industrial policy at the local level. Introduces the concept of New Technological Districts (NTD) for promoting the quality of life and of the environment.

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• Managing international construction projects (ICM 7) - Buy now
  11 July 1996 - Comprises a guide to the management of major projects by organizations which undertake site construction and is intended for construction managers and the senior managers to whom they are responsible. Includes case studies of construction planning and cost analysis which illustrate the use of computer systems.

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• Note on the proceedings. Oil refining. Report TMOR/1998/13 - Buy now
  07 September 1998 -

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• Review of relevant ILO maritime instruments. Report JMC/29/2001/1 - Buy now
  13 November 2000 - Report for discussion at the 29th Session of the Joint Maritime Commission, Geneva, 2001. This report contains a summary of decisions taken by the Governing Body concerning the revision of Conventions and Recommendations regarding seafarers, and proposes an integrated approach to future standard setting in the maritime field. ...
• Re-emergence of small enterprises and industrial restructuring in industrialised countries - Buy now
  02 December 1991 - Based on case studies in selected industrialized countries, this book reviews the recent development of the small firm sector, identifying types of firms and analysing their status and role in local communities.

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• Small firms, technical services and inter-firm cooperation (RS 99) - Buy now
  22 March 1994 - This book looks into the ways small-scale industries have profited from management services, technical institutes and collaboration with other small firms in such fields as marketing, purchasing, research and development, technology transfer and training.
• Small-scale maize milling (TM 7) - Buy now
  06 May 1992 - Contains lists of equipment manufacturers and suppliers, and of selected research, academic and appropriate technology institutions.
• Small-scale oil extraction from groundnuts and copra (TM 5) - Buy now
  06 May 1992 - UNIDO pub-ILO pub-WEP pub. Technical memorandum on small scale industry agriproduct processing (vegetable oil extraction from groundnuts and copra) suitable for developing countries - includes economic implications and comparison of small and large scale units as regards employment creation, basic needs satisfaction, power consumption, transport cost, multiplier effect. ...
• Small-scale brickmaking (TM 6) - Buy now
  19 July 1990 - Technical memorandum on brick manufacturing at small scale industry level in developing countries - presents a comparison of bricks and other building materials used for the construction of low- cost housing; describes types of raw material, quarrying techniques, clay preparation, shaping, drying and firing; covers technical aspects and means of production; includes a glossary, and a directory of ...
• Small-scale manufacture of stabilised soil blocks (TM 12) - Buy now
  16 June 1987 - Technical Memorandum No. 12
• Small-scale processing of beef (TM 10) - Buy now
  11 December 1985 - Technical Memorandum No. 10
• Small-scale processing of pork (TM 9) - Buy now
  11 December 1985 - ILO pub-WEP pub. ...
• Small-scale paper-making (TM 8) - Buy now
  21 November 1985 - Technical memorandum, guidelines on choice of technology for small scale industries of the pulp and paper industry in developing countries - discusses application of intermediate technologys, characteristics of paper products, raw materials and required industrial equipment; explains evaluation techniques to determine the profitability of paper mills.