National Capitalisms, Global Production Networks, 9780199214815
Hardcover
Firms in the clothing industry engage in global sourcing and operate in global markets. This book analyses the way British, American and German firms in the clothing industry (manufacturing and retail) co-ordinate and govern their global production networks/value chains.

National Capitalisms, Global Production Networks

fashioning the value chain in the uk, us, and germany

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  • Hardcover

    348 pages

  • Release Date

    19 March 2009

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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
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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…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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