Essays about: "global production networks GPNs"

Found 3 essays containing the words global production networks GPNs.

  1. 1. Articulating into the Global Production Network of Music Beyond Firms : A Tale of the Music Industry in Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Zhenbo Cheng; [2019]
    Keywords : Music Industry; Global Production Networks; Regional Institutions; Strategic Coupling; Strategic Participation; Stockholm; 音乐行业，全球产品网络，地区机构，战略耦合，战略参与，斯德哥尔摩;

    Abstract : In this paper, the global production network (GPN) approach is employed to probe how regional institutions are functioning in the music industry and how they affect value flows in the royalty system of the music industry in a given territory. Besides answering these questions, the author endeavours to fill one theoretical gap in the GPN analytical framework that the processes between regional institutions and GPNs are seen as complementary interactions behind the process of strategic coupling, yet without any clear conceptualized discourse. READ MORE

  3. 2. SMEs and Social Upgrading in Developing Countries : Doing Good or Evading Responsibilities?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Olofsson; Isabelle Guselin; [2016]
    Keywords : Social upgrading; global production networks GPNs ; small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs ; developing countries;

    Abstract : Workers in labour-intensive industries in developing countries have been described as the ‘hidden hands’ in the making of valuable goods in global production networks (GPNs). The process of improving the rights and entitlements of workers in GPNs have been referred to as ’social upgrading’. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Trend towards Relational Governance Configurations? Governance of labor standards in the Swedish garment industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Johan Brunedal; Josefin Bona; [2015-07-10]
    Keywords : GPN; GVC; governance configurations; labor standards; focusing events; Bangladesh; garment;

    Abstract : Abstract Problem Scholars argue that governance studies often fail to incorporate issues related to labor standards within in global value chains (GVCs) and global production networks (GPNs). While studies addressing labor related issues have begun to emerge, many such studies have focused on labor agency and under what conditions labor may shape GPNs, but there is a relatively scarce body of research approaching labor standards from the home country context of lead firms. READ MORE