Volume : 5, Issue : 12, December - 2016

THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE: A STUDY AMONGST THETEXTILE UNITS IN TIRUPUR

Biswaranjan Ghosh, Dr. K. Kumuthadevi, Dr. D. Jublee

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">The textile industry in Tirupur is one of the significant </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">clusters</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> in India </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">in terms of</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> textile exports. This cluster came to </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">limelight</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> in the international </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">apparel market</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> after the establishment of Tirupur Exporters Association (TEA) in the year </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">1990</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> and </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">later</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> emerged as the knitwear capital of the country. This study in general focuses on the institutional role played by the different industrial associations in Tirupur apparel cluster. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Specifically, </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">the role of Tirupur Exporters Association towards the competitiveness of the manufacturer and exporter studied.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Regression analysis tool applied to find the influence </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">of the industrial</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> associations&rsquo; role on the industry performance considering the performance </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">of industries</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> in the form of increase in </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">profit as thedependent</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> variable and the </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">various</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> role played by the Tirupur Exporter </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Association as theindependent</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> variable. The finding reveals that there is a significant relation between industrial association&rsquo;s role and industry performance.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>