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Global production networks and the analysis of economic development
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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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“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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“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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Metadata
- Authors
- Henderson, J., Dicken, P., Hess, M., Coe, N., & Yeung, H. W.-C.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- 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
- OpenAlex
- W2114837397
- Cited by
- 2,216
- References
- 127
- Citations by year
- 2026: 75 · 2025: 118 · 2024: 85 · 2023: 125 · 2022: 102 · 2021: 148 · 2020: 113 · 2019: 143 · 2018: 157 · 2017: 112 · 2016: 104 · 2015: 117 · 2014: 109 · 2013: 106 · 2012: 81
- FWCI
- 112.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Review of International Political Economy (publishedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- Bristol Research (University of Bristol) (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique) (submittedVersion)
- Explore Bristol Research (submittedVersion)
- 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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