Global planners network reaffirms value of planning in abu dhabi declaration. Pdf global production networks and the changing corporation. Analysis of global production networks and value chains has focused mainly on. 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. Industrial relations in a global production framework. The success of the gpn framework owes much to the way that the conceptual categories. The following pertinent questions are mindboggling.
Global production network gpn does not refer broadly to all products that are internationally traded. 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. 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. 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. The global production network gpn of coffee 1443 words 6 pages.
Global production network miscellaneous unclassified. 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. The main difference is that the gvc concept is inherently nonlinear, as it is based on complex network interactions. Global production network gpn works with production companies to determine their international location needs, production costs and talent requirements. Global production networks and economic corridors asian. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive framework the global production networks gpn perspectivefor analysing the global. Will global production network gpnglobal value chain gvc take a backseat. Gpn including business summary, industrysector information, number of employees, business summary, corporate governance, key executives and. It then introduces the intellectual context in which the gpn framework first appeared in the early 2000s and distils its basic. 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. Reconsidering the role of the digital in global production.
Not to be quoted without the prior consent of the project team. 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. The role of trade costs in global production networks. How sustainable are benefits from global production networks. Toward a dynamic theory of global production networks. Murphy forthcoming annals of the association of american geographers 3 agents e. In starting the account, this introductory chapter has three objectives.
We begin with a number of critical reflections on the most relevant precursors to our work. The governance of global production networks and regional development. Aug 19, 2008 global production network gpn does not refer broadly to all products that are internationally traded. Rather, it refers to those products and services in which the production chain is extended over several two or more countries. The framework we propose is that of the global production network gpn. Global production networks, trade and labour global. The gpn approach is a broad relational framework, which. The global production network gpn is a new form of the firm, influenced by information technology to lower transaction costs coase 1937. Profits, rents and wages in global production networks. The governance of global production networks and regional.
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. 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. A gpn typically consists of various hierarchical layers, ranging from network flagships that dominate such networks, due to their capacity for system integration. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive frameworkthe global production networks gpn perspectivefor analysing the global. Global production networks of us, uk, and german firms. Global planners network sharing new ideas about communities. Global production networks and the private organization of world. It explores the conceptual elements involved in this framework in some detail and then turns to sketch a stylized example of a gpn. However, we make use of findings from the literature on gpns and gccs as appropriate. 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. While east asia and southeast asia have rapidly established themselves as major players in global production network trade, south asia has lagged behind. Phd scholarships, global partnership network gpn, various. 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. Institutions and firms participation in the global.
Understanding and conceptualizing the complexities of the contemporary global economy is a challenging but vitally important task. This page is about the meanings of the acronymabbreviationshorthand gpn in the miscellaneous field in general and in the unclassified terminology in particular. A 2010 world bank report on the post2008 world economy further claimed that given that production processes. Gpn research in the context of a changing global economy. 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. A global production networks perspective gpn working paper 3 may 2003 working paper prepared as part of the esrc research project r000238535. Abstract this article applies a global production networks gpn.
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. Since its initial inception almost two decades ago, global production network gpn research has developed into a vibrant, capacious and heterogeneous research field. Global production networks gpn transform the production and use of knowledge, with farreaching implications for an evolutionary theory of economic change. The role of global production networks gpn in understanding. We examine the performance of selected south asian countries in gpn trade in table 6. An exciting new research initiative funded by the national university of singapore.
Global production networks and the analysis of economic. 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. The company connects producers and production companies with a network of toplevel production service companies internationally. 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.
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. 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. Global production networks, relational proximity, and the. Is the founder and president of global production network gpn. 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. It explores the conceptual elements involved in this framework in some detail and then turns to sketch a stylized example. 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. A case study of taiwanese pc production networks daniel youren yang and neil m. Global production network studies gpn studies working paper. Trade war, global restructuring and global production network. Global production networks, labour and development. In this interconnected world system, a new form of economic organization has emerged. It shows how, in building gpns, firms various strategic concerns, particularly cost reduction, flexibility in. Gpn frameworks combines the insights from the global value chain analysis, actornetwork theory and literature on varieties of capitalism. Global production networks are a phenomenon of great significance in world trade and production, especially in asia. Gpn meeting february 2019 organisation for economic co. The operation of global production networks gpns 2. Global production networks, trade and labour the challenge. 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. The gpn framework and its conceptual forerunner, global commodity chains, or gccs hence. Phd scholarships at the global partnership network gpn application deadline. Global production networks in europe and east asia. 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 production networks, relational proximity, and the sociospatial dynamics of market internationalization 23 april 2010 james t. List of all 44 electronics firms interviewed in asia, 20172018 30 appendix c. We then outline the conceptual elements of the gpn and in so doing, highlight the reasons for its analytical superiority over competing frameworks. State regulation and worker rights in global production networks. 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. The report argues that deep ptas reflect important changes in the world economy such as the growth of global production networks. 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.
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. Analysis of global production networks and value chains has focused mainly on firms, often overlooking the role of labour. We argue here that the global production network gpn concept constitutes such a heuristic framework. There is a fundamental trend towards increasing mobility of knowledge, yet little do we know about drivers and implications.
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