Global production networks, trade and labour the challenge. Global production networks and the private organization of world. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive frameworkthe global production networks gpn perspectivefor analysing the global economy and its impacts on territorial development. Institutions and firms participation in the global. List of all 44 electronics firms interviewed in asia, 20172018 30 appendix c. All eight papers in this themed issue on global production networks, labour and development contribute substantially to conceptually consolidating the gpn approach and powerfully demonstrate the centrality of labour in the value creation process and systems of production. Selected references on global production networks in the electronics industry 27 appendix a.
Gpn research in the context of a changing global economy. Conceptualising services and global production networks. We examine the performance of selected south asian countries in gpn trade in table 6. Founded in october 2014, and formally launched in january 2015, our aim is to become a leading research node for work on global production networks and development in asia. Abstract this article applies a global production networks gpn. Global production networks oxford academic journals. A global production network is one whose interconnected nodes and links extend spatially across national boundaries and, in so doing, integrates parts of disparate national and subnational. Global planners network reaffirms value of planning in abu dhabi declaration. Global production networks and economic corridors asian. Global production networks gpn transform the production and use of knowledge, with farreaching implications for an evolutionary theory of economic change. Global production network miscellaneous unclassified. The role of trade costs in global production networks. Global production networks, trade and labour global. Global production networks in europe and east asia.
Global production network gpn works with production companies to determine their international location needs, production costs and talent requirements. Global production networks, labour and development. Global production networks of us, uk, and german firms. This page is about the meanings of the acronymabbreviationshorthand gpn in the miscellaneous field in general and in the unclassified terminology in particular. The gpn approach is a broad relational framework, which.
Accelerating processes of economic globalization have fundamentally reshaped the organization of the global economy towards much greater integration and functional interdependence through crossborder economic activity. Drawing on earlier attempts to analyse the crossborder activities of firms, their spatial configurations and developmental consequences, the article moves beyond these by proposing the framework of the global production network gpn. Industrial relations in a global production framework. Since its initial inception almost two decades ago, global production network gpn research has developed into a vibrant, capacious and heterogeneous research field. Will global production network gpnglobal value chain gvc take a backseat.
Rather, it refers to those products and services in which the production chain is extended over several two or more countries. Analysis of global production networks and value chains has focused mainly on firms, often overlooking the role of labour. The framework we propose is that of the global production network gpn. The governance of global production networks and regional development. Global production networks, relational proximity, and the sociospatial dynamics of market internationalization 23 april 2010 james t. The following pertinent questions are mindboggling. Global production network gpn does not refer broadly to all products that are internationally traded. Phd scholarships, global partnership network gpn, various.
There is a fundamental trend towards increasing mobility of knowledge, yet little do we know about drivers and implications. The global production network gpn of coffee 1443 words 6 pages. The report argues that deep ptas reflect important changes in the world economy such as the growth of global production networks. First, it establishes the key structural forces behind the emergence of global production networks gpn as an organizational phenomenon within the global economy over the past two decades or so. In this interconnected world system, a new form of economic organization has emerged. In starting the account, this introductory chapter has three objectives. Coe abstract this article applies a global production networks gpn perspective to the transborder investments of taiwanese personal computer pc companies in the northern taiwan. How sustainable are benefits from global production networks. The operation of global production networks gpns 2. Global production networks, relational proximity, and the.
In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive frameworkthe global production networks gpn perspectivefor analysing the global economy and its impacts on. The article concludes with a brief indication of the bene ts that could be delivered by research informed by gpn analysis. This chapter surveys the factors that have given rise to foreign sourcing and analyses the divergent manner in which national institutional environments, as well as international regulatory bodies, have shaped the coordination and governance of global production networks gpns. State regulation and worker rights in global production networks. It explores the conceptual elements involved in this framework in some detail and then turns to sketch a stylized example. It shows how, in building gpns, firms various strategic concerns, particularly cost reduction, flexibility in. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive frameworkthe global production networks gpn perspectivefor analysing the global. Trade war, global restructuring and global production network. A vital component to ensuring a global level playing field and promoting domestic resource mobilisation to reach the sustainable development goals involves ensuring that developing countries have the capacity and training to benefit from the developments in international tax standards and to participate in an ongoing dialogue. Global production network studies gpn studies working paper. Asia is at the leading edge of new trade pacts, says wto lanxess reports that it is expanding its global production network for hightech plastics. This makes it possible this papera product of the international trade department, poverty reduction and economic management network is part of a larger effort to analyze the role of trade costs within global production networks.
Will this nascent trade war especially between the united stateschinaeu and mexicocanada have repercussion effects in asia where the economic centre of gravity has shifted in the post2008 period. A gpn is defined as the organizational arrangement comprising interconnected economic and noneconomic actors coordinated by a global lead firm and producing goods and services across multiple geographic locations for worldwide markets yeung and coe 2015, 32. Understanding and conceptualizing the complexities of the contemporary global economy is a challenging but vitally important task. A gpn typically consists of various hierarchical layers, ranging from network flagships that dominate such networks, due to their capacity for system integration. An exciting new research initiative funded by the national university of singapore. A global production networks perspective gpn working paper 3 may 2003 working paper prepared as part of the esrc research project r000238535. Global production networks gpns account for more than 80% of global trade, involving a range of firm and nonfirm actors engaged in the production of goods and services from raw materials to final consumption.
A case study of taiwanese pc production networks daniel youren yang and neil m. While east asia and southeast asia have rapidly established themselves as major players in global production network trade, south asia has lagged behind. Not to be quoted without the prior consent of the project team. Analysis of global production networks and value chains has focused mainly on. The definition and model of a global production network production network is the nexus of interconnected functions, operations and transactions through which a specific product or service is produced, distributed and consumed. Global planners network sharing new ideas about communities. By analyzing the effect of access to credit, import license, and competition from the informal sector, this study attempts to provide an empirical study about institutions and firms participation in the global production network gpn, study case in indonesia. Pdf global production networks and the changing corporation. Global production networks and the analysis of economic.
Profits, rents and wages in global production networks. We begin with a number of critical reflections on the most relevant precursors to our work. Is the founder and president of global production network gpn. A 2010 world bank report on the post2008 world economy further claimed that given that production processes. Toward a dynamic theory of global production networks. Murphy forthcoming annals of the association of american geographers 3 agents e. Global production networks are a phenomenon of great significance in world trade and production, especially in asia. However, we make use of findings from the literature on gpns and gccs as appropriate. A global production network is one whose interconnected nodes and links extend spatially across national boundaries and, in so doing, integrates parts of disparate national and subnational territories. Gpn frameworks combines the insights from the global value chain analysis, actornetwork theory and literature on varieties of capitalism. It then introduces the intellectual context in which the gpn framework first appeared in the early 2000s and distils its basic. We argue here that the global production network gpn concept constitutes such a heuristic framework. The success of the gpn framework owes much to the way that the conceptual categories. The main difference is that the gvc concept is inherently nonlinear, as it is based on complex network interactions.
Aug 19, 2008 global production network gpn does not refer broadly to all products that are internationally traded. Reconsidering the role of the digital in global production. The gpn framework and its conceptual forerunner, global commodity chains, or gccs hence. The governance of global production networks and regional. A key challenge to promoting decent work in global production networks is how to improve the position of both firms and workers integrated into value chains in which lead firms play a dominant role. The role of global production networks gpn in understanding.
However, the research and different literatures in the recent past have given customers and scholar a good read on forms of labour which go into producing the product or service, and how this work is globally distributed coe, dicken and hess 2008, p. To examine the power dimensions and the structures of the global garment business, we also found the concept of the global production network gpn useful hess and yeung 2006. Exploring gpn models to build a clearer understanding of the digital in gpns, we explore the three main conceptual categories of the gpn framework embeddedness, value, and power. We then outline the conceptual elements of the gpn and in so doing, highlight the reasons for its analytical superiority over competing frameworks. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive framework the global production networks gpn perspectivefor analysing the global. The world urban forum wuf was established in 2001 by the united nations to address one of the most pressing issues facing the world today. Gpn meeting february 2019 organisation for economic co.
It explores the conceptual elements involved in this framework in some detail and then turns to sketch a stylized example of a gpn. The company connects producers and production companies with a network of toplevel production service companies internationally. Phd scholarships at the global partnership network gpn application deadline. Gpn including business summary, industrysector information, number of employees, business summary, corporate governance, key executives and. The global production network gpn is a new form of the firm, influenced by information technology to lower transaction costs coase 1937.
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