National Capitalisms, Global Production Networks: Fashioning the Value Chain in the UK, US, and Germany
Christel Lane and Jocelyn Probert
Abstract
This book studies the way that British, American, and German firms in the clothing industry (manufacturing and retail) co-ordinate and govern their global production networks/value chains. It offers a multi-level analysis, concerned with processes of economic interaction between international, regional, and national economic institutions and actors. This combines an analysis of international/regional regulatory systems, global markets, and conditions in the developing countries where suppliers are found with a focus on the recent development of the clothing industry in three western countries. ... More
This book studies the way that British, American, and German firms in the clothing industry (manufacturing and retail) co-ordinate and govern their global production networks/value chains. It offers a multi-level analysis, concerned with processes of economic interaction between international, regional, and national economic institutions and actors. This combines an analysis of international/regional regulatory systems, global markets, and conditions in the developing countries where suppliers are found with a focus on the recent development of the clothing industry in three western countries. The book's study of firms' global networks focuses on the power relationships between western producers and retailers on the one hand and between buyer firms in developed and supplier firms in developing countries on the other. The book additionally investigates their impact on labour. Utilizing over a hundred interviews in six countries on three continents, it follows the value chain from developed to developing countries and studies the many issues which confront students of globalization at the current time. The book combines theoretical perspectives from economic sociology, political economy, and management and seeks to utilise the complementary strengths of the Varieties of Capitalism (VoC) approach and that of Global Production Networks/Value Chains.
Keywords:
global production networks,
global value chains,
clothing industry,
clothing retail,
trade regulation,
varieties of capitalism approach,
global economic integration,
UK,
USA,
Germany
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199214815 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: May 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214815.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Christel Lane, author
Emeritus Professor of Economic Sociology, Fellow of St. John's College, and Research Associate, Centre for Business Studies, University of Cambridge.
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Jocelyn Probert, author
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge
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