Entrepreneurial process in textile and clothing industry: an overview of european practices

Abstract

The textile industry is traditional for Europe, with a centuries-old history, offering high quality and innovative products. It is leading sector in the EU. Some facts: according to EURATEX 2018 Annual report, the EU-28 is the world's largest market for textile and clothing products with household consumption of € 520 billion; its turnover is 178 billion; the industry exports to outside EU amount to € 50 billion; in the Textile and clothing industry (TCI) are employed 1.7 million within 171,000 companies, 99% of which are small and medium-sized (SMEs) niche players focusing on quality, innovation, creativity and outstanding customer service [1]. As the entrepreneurial education in Textile Universities often is not given into the priority in the study programs, the paper aims to present specific requirements of the entrepreneurial process in the Textile and clothing industry that have to be uploaded into the existing study programs in textile universities. Thus, the paper is focused on basics of entrepreneurial process in TCI (paragraph 1) and entrepreneurial mapping and clustering in TCI (paragraph 2 and 3). Some recommendations for entrepreneurial training in Textile universities are given at the paper conclusion.