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Global production networks and the analysis of economic development

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Henderson, Jeffrey, Dicken, Peter, Hess, Martin, Coe, Neil, Yeung, Henry Wai-Chung·2002·Review of International Political Economy
DOI 10.1080/09692290210150842
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This article outlines a framework for the analysis of economic integration and its relation to the asymmetries of economic and social development. Consciously breaking with state-centric forms of social science, it argues for a research agenda that is more adequate to the exigencies and consequences of globalization than has traditionally been the case in 'development studies'. Drawing on earlier attempts to analyse the cross-border activities of firms, their spatial configurations and developmental consequences, the article moves beyond these by proposing the framework of the 'global production network' (GPN). It explores the conceptual elements involved in this framework in some detail and then turns to sketch a stylized example of a GPN. The article concludes with a brief indication of the benefits that could be delivered by research informed by GPN analysis.

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  • The GPN concept was developed in the late 1990s by economic geography researchers and emerged from dissatisfaction with existing theories of economic development that failed to account for complex networked production across national borders and uneven development.

    “The GPN concept was developed in the late 1990s by a group of researchers in economic geography, and emerged from a growing dissatisfaction with existing theories of economic development that failed to account for the increasingly complex, networked nature of production activities, which spanned across national borders and led to uneven development in different regions and countries (Coe & Yeung,”

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  • Henderson et al.'s (2002) GPN 1.0 schema emphasized complex intra-, inter-, and extra-firm networks and elaborated how these are structured organizationally and geographically.

    “As part of these efforts, Henderson et al.'s (2002) GPN 1.0 schema emphasized the complex intra-, inter-, and extra-firm networks involved in any economic activity, and elaborated on how these are structured both organizationally and geographically.”

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Authors
Henderson, J., Dicken, P., Hess, M., Coe, N., & Yeung, H. W.-C.
Affiliations
National University of Singapore (SG)
ORCID
Venue
Review of International Political Economy
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2002-01
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
436-464
ISSN
  • 0969-2290 (ISSN-L)
  • 1466-4526
DOI
10.1080/09692290210150842
OpenAlex
W2114837397
Cited by
2,216
References
127
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FWCI
112.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › World Systems and Global Transformations
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Globalization, Economics, and Policies
Keywords
global production networks, economic integration, globalization, development studies, economic development

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