Global Production Networks

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An original and dynamic theory of global production networks Improves on the existing conceptual framework of industrial upgrading and economic development Offers a forward-looking research agenda, identifing new directions for research on global production networks and global value chains Geographically grounded theorization of economic development Accessibly written for gradu...(展開全部) An original and dynamic theory of global production networks Improves on the existing conceptual framework of industrial upgrading and economic development Offers a forward-looking research agenda, identifing new directions for research on global production networks and global value chains Geographically grounded theorization of economic development Accessibly written for graduate students across the social sciences Accelerating processes of economic globalization have fundamentally reshaped the organization of the global economy towards much greater integration and functional interdependence through cross-border economic activity. In this interconnected world system, a new form of economic organization has emerged: Global Production Networks (GPNs). This brings together a wide array of economic actors, most notably capitalist firms, state institutions, labour unions, consumers and non-government organizations, in the transnational production of economic value. National and sub-national economic development in this highly interdependent global economy can no longer be conceived of, and understood within, the distinct territorial boundaries of individual countries and regions. Instead, global production networks are organizational platforms through which actors in these different national or regional economies compete and cooperate for a larger share of the creation, transformation, and capture of value through transnational economic activity. They are also vehicles for transferring the value captured between different places. This b

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