Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Trade and Distribution, grade: A-10.0, , language: English, abstract: This study focusses on reviewing apparel manufacturing eco-systems of Ethiopia, identifying missing inputs (weak points) of existing supply chain and assessing their impact on competitiveness of Ethiopian Apparel manufacturing firms.Countries compete with each other to improve the standard of living and quality of life of their citizens, grow economically, attract foreign investments and tourists, maintain political stability and build their own brand image by using competitive advantage of their nations. Apart from favourable Macro environment (GDP, purchasing power, Economic freedom, easy of doing business, and political stability) low Production factors such as rawmaterials, related and supplying industries, electric cost and skilled and semiskilled manpower are the source of competitive advantage both to the countries and firms along the supply chain. The textile and clothing industry have been one of the most dynamic and geographically mobile industries globally. The industry is made up of complex global production networks and due to the possibilities of minimizing the costs of production, many buying companies use suppliers located in developing countries and manufacturers of textile and clothing companies also relocate themselves in developing countries through foreign direct investment (FDI). Over recent years there has been...