NEW GENERATION OF KNITWEAR EXECUTIVES USHER IN NEW MANAGEMENT STYLE

Bangladesh’s knitting industry faces key changes in the next 20 years as the western-educated children of first-generation businessmen take over family-owned firms. Industry experts note that some second-generation entrepreneurs have already taken the reins of major knitwear companies and are introducing modern management practices and discovering new financing channels. The new generation’s leaders are notably more concerned with employee and environmental issues, unlike their predecessors – many of whom entered the business world following the Bangladesh ...


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