
National Capitalisms, Global Production Networks
fashioning the value chain in the uk, us, and germany
$165.59
- Hardcover
348 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2009
Summary
Firms in the clothing industry engage in global sourcing and operate in global markets. Their global production networks have often been subject to scrutiny as the power relationships between buyer firms in developed countries and supplier firms in developing countries raise issues concerned with ‘fast fashion’, the role of brands, labour standards in developing countries, job losses among the most vulnerable workers in Europe and the US, and the growingdifferentiation within the bloc of deve…
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780199214815 |
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ISBN-10: | 0199214816 |
Author: | Christel Lane, Jocelyn Probert |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
Format: | Hardcover |
Number of Pages: | 348 |
Release Date: | 19 March 2009 |
Weight: | 690g |
Dimensions: | 242mm x 162mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
…a must-read for economic geographers, economic sociologists, political economists, and international business scholars.
…a must-read for economic geographers, economic sociologists, political economists, and international business scholars. * Kean Fam Lim, Environment and Planning Volume 43 *
About The Author
Christel Lane
Christel Lane is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Cambridge, a Senior Research Associate of the Centre for Business Research, and a Fellow of St. John’s College. She has a strong record of publication of comparative industry studies which bridge the social sciences and the field of management. She has contributed to the theoretical study of inter-firm relations, particularly of trust between organizations, as well as to the field of comparativecapitalisms/varieties of capitalism.Jocelyn Probert is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. Prior to returning to academic life she worked in Japan as an investment banker and in France as a researcher at the Euro-Asia Centre of INSEAD business school. Her research interests lie in organizational innovations and international business networks.
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