Publications

Rana, M. B., Allen, M., & Tajuddin, S. A. (2025). “Global Value Chains and Transnational Social Spaces and Communities: The Emergence of a Circular Economy in the Apparel Industry”, In Reinterpreting Multinational Enterprises through a Revitalized Transnational Social Space Perspective, by Mike Geppert, Ödül Bozkurt, Christoph Dörrenbächer. Vol. 101, Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Publishing, UK.

April 9, 2026

It is published in the journal : Emerald Publishing, UK. LINK of Publisher: https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20260000101006 For Free Download: https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/780046692/Rana_et_al_Final_Submission_2025.pdf

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Rana, M. B., & Whitfield, L. (2024). “Challenges in apparel’s circular economy transition in Bangladesh”, Working paper, Aalborg University, Denmark.

April 9, 2026

LINK for citation at source: Aalborg University, Denmark: https://vbn.aau.dk/ws/portalfiles/portal/768139769/Rana_and_Whitfield_2024_CE_Challenges_in_Bangaldesh.pdf

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Color Without Compromise in Textile-Waste Recycling: Simco’s Innovation Story

December 23, 2024

Bangladesh’s apparel sector produces vast amounts of textile and garment waste each year, presenting a unique opportunity for innovation in…

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‘Pre-Consumer Textile Waste Recycling with No GHG Emission’

April 19, 2024

This is Baliadanghi in Thakurgaon district, a small village in the northern edges of Bangladesh. There are around 20 or so cottage factories in this village, where people of both genders from all walks of life stand and work with pit looms in their own houses, making doormats using textile waste. Day in and day out, they juggle their time between loom work and household chores, maintaining their livelihoods and their responsibilities to their families.

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