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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100198703910

ISBN-139780198703914

eBay Product ID (ePID)211905577

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Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameGlobal Production Networks : Theorizing Economic Development in an Interconnected World

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGlobalization, General, Economics / Theory

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Business & Economics

AuthorHenry Wai-Chung Yeung, Neil M. Coe

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight14.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-954693

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"...refin[es] GPN 2.0 into a coherent, marked, and highly comprehensive theory that will certainly guide policy makers and scholars alike to grasp the complexities of economic dynamics through the lens of firm-centered production networks at the global-local interface." -- Economic Geography, Coe and Yeungs Global Production Networks is a significant addition to the diverse and rapidly growing literature on international economic development . . . The book contains numerous insights and hypotheses that can guide future empirical research, and it is likely to both sharpen theoretical debates and offer grounds for constructive dialogue among the many scholars who look at economic development through the lens of inter-firm production networks.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal337

SynopsisAccelerating 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 book ultimately aims to develop a theory of global production networks that explains economic development in the interconnected global economy. While primarily theoretical in nature, it is well grounded in cutting-edge empirical work in the parallel and highly impactful strands of social science literature on the changing organization of the global economy relating to global commodity chains (GCC), global value chains (GVC), and global production networks (GPN)., Globalization and supply chains have re-shaped the organization of the global economy in to global production networks. The authors provide a clear framework for understanding these developments.

LC Classification NumberHF1359.C634 2015