Analyzing the coevolution of interorganizational networks and organizational performance: Automakers’ production networks in Japan
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DOI: 10.1007/s41109-017-0024-5
Abstract: Organizations create networks with one another, and these networks may in turn shape the organizations involved. Until recently, such complex dynamic processes could not be rigorously empirically analyzed because of a lack of suitable modeling… read more here.
Keywords: automakers production; production networks; production; interorganizational networks ... See more keywords
Robust optimization of information flows in global production networks using multi-method simulation and surrogate modelling
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2020.08.012
Abstract: Abstract Low information exchange in global production networks results in long response time to disruption and negative performance impact. Digitalization enables a more intensive information exchange. This paper analyses the performance of order management, quality… read more here.
Keywords: multi method; information flows; global production; production networks ... See more keywords
The rise of strategic partner firms and reconfiguration of personal computer production networks in China: Insights from the emerging laptop cluster in Chongqing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.05.010
Abstract: Abstract In recent theorization of the Global Production Network (GPN) framework, viz. “GPN 2.0 theory” (Coe and Yeung, 2015), firm-specific strategies namely intra-firm coordination, inter-firm control, inter-firm partnership and extra-firm bargaining are conceptualized to understand… read more here.
Keywords: production networks; strategic partner; production; partner firms ... See more keywords
Is there a Sweet Spot in Ethical Trade?: A Critical Appraisal of the Potential for Aligning Buyer, Supplier, and Worker Interests in Global Production Networks
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.01.020
Abstract: Abstract We undertake a critical appraisal of the existence of the so- called 'sweet spot' in ethical trade at which the interests of buyers, suppliers, and workers intersect to enable benefits for commercial buyers and… read more here.
Keywords: global production; trade; production networks; sweet spot ... See more keywords
Production networks and borderlands: Cross-border yarsagumba trade in the Kailash Landscape
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.01.016
Abstract: Abstract To date, the role of borderlands in global production networks is an under-researched topic. In this study, we take the production network of the highly valuable non-timber forest product ophiocordyceps sinensis (yarsagumba) as a… read more here.
Keywords: production networks; production; trade; state ... See more keywords
The state in chains: public policies against adverse incorporation in Southern Italian production networks
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DOI: 10.1080/14747731.2020.1849908
Abstract: In Apulia (Southern Italy), the adverse incorporation of local suppliers within global production networks (GPNs) in the tomato and textile-clothing industries has reinforced the processes of infor... read more here.
Keywords: production networks; chains public; adverse incorporation; state chains ... See more keywords
The Singaporean natural gas hub: reassembling global production networks and markets in Asia
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DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbaa011
Abstract: Recently, economic geographers have sought to account for how regional and national initiatives shape the strategic decisions of actors in global production networks (GPNs). In this article, I intend to discuss the political and institutional… read more here.
Keywords: global production; production networks; production; article ... See more keywords
Creating strategic couplings in global production networks: regional institutions and lead firm investment in the Humber region, UK
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DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbz004
Abstract: This article aims to unpack and analyse the institutional and political dynamics of strategic coupling from a host region perspective, adopting an actor-centred approach that focuses on regional institutions’ efforts to attract and embed lead… read more here.
Keywords: region; production networks; global production; lead firm ... See more keywords
Labour in global production networks: Workers and unions in mining engineering work
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831x16684964
Abstract: Understanding the role of labour, underplayed in global production networks (GPN) theory, has guided this research on the mining engineering services sector. During the project, the global mining industry entered a downturn. Asking how mining… read more here.
Keywords: global production; engineering; production networks; mining engineering ... See more keywords
Manufacturing informality. Global production networks and the reproduction of informalized labour regimes in Europe’s peripheries
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DOI: 10.1177/09596801231167160
Abstract: This paper investigates the drivers of informal employment persistence in Global Production Networks. Building on a structuralist perspective, it reframes informalization as a tool of labour control and argues that informalization – while influenced by… read more here.
Keywords: manufacturing informality; global production; production networks; production ... See more keywords
On sustainable production networks for Industry 4.0
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DOI: 10.9770/jesi.2017.4.4(2)
Abstract: Re-industrialization enjoys a renaissance in Western economies due to the role of the industrial sector for innovation, productivity, and job creation. A very promising approach to bring back competitiveness in production seems to be the… read more here.
Keywords: production networks; production; networks industry; approach ... See more keywords