In this report, I use the organizing device of the A–Z to present a critical review of recent work under the banner of global production networks (GPN). The report positions GPN analysis in its broader intellectual context, profiles its distinctive contributions, and details a range of challenges that remain to effective economic-geographical theorizations of globalization dynamics and their impacts.
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BowenJLeinbachT (2006) Competitive advantage in global production networks: Air freight services and the electronics industry in Southeast Asia. Economic Geography82: 147–166.
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CoeNMLeeYS (2006) The strategic localization of transnational retailers: The case of Samsung-Tesco in South Korea. Economic Geography82: 61–88.
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CoeNMWrigleyN (2009) The Globalization of Retailing (2 volumes). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
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CoeNMDickenPHessM (2008) Global production networks: Realizing the potential. Journal of Economic Geography8: 271–295.
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CoeNMJohnsJLWardK (2011) Variegated global expansion: Internationalization strategies in the temporary staffing industry. Geoforum42: 61–70.
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Dussel PetersE (2008) GCCs and development: A conceptual and empirical review. Competition and Change12: 11–27.
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FaulconbridgeJ (2007) Relational networks of knowledge production in transnational law firms. Geoforum38: 925–940.
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FaulconbridgeJ (2009) The regulation of design in global architecture firms: Embedding and emplacing buildings. Urban Studies46: 2537–2554.
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FaulksS (1992) A Fool’s Alphabet. London: Vintage.
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GereffiGHumphreyJSturgeonT (2005) The governance of global value chains. Review of International Political Economy12: 78–104.
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GibbonP (2002) At the cutting edge? Financialisation and UK clothing retailers’ global sourcing patterns and practices. Competition and Change6: 289–308.
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GibbonPPonteS (2008) Global value chains: From governance to governmentality?Economy and Society37: 365–392.
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GibbonPBairJPonteS (2008) Governing global value chains: An introduction. Economy and Society37: 315–338.
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GiovannucciDPonteS (2005) Standards as a new form of social contract? Sustainability initiatives in the coffee industry. Food Policy30: 284–301.
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GlassmanJ (2011) The geo-political economy of global production networks. Geography Compass6, forthcoming.
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GregsonNCrangMAhamedFAkhterNFerdousR (2010) Following things of rubbish value: End-of-life ships, ‘chock-chocky’ furniture and the Bangladeshi middle class consumer. Geoforum41: 846–854.
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GuthmanJ (2009) Unveiling the unveiling: commodity chains, commodity fetishism, and the ‘value’ of voluntary, ethical food labels. In: BairJ (ed.) Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 190–206.
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HallPVJacobsW (2010) Shifting proximities: The maritime ports sector in an era of global supply chains. Regional Studies44: 1103–1115.
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HallPHesseMRodrigueJ-P (2006) Re-exploring the interface between economic and transport geography. Environment and Planning A38: 1401–1408.
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HendersonJDickenPHessMCoeNMYeungHW-C (2002) Global production networks and the analysis of economic development. Review of International Political Economy9: 436–464.
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HessM (2004) ‘Spatial’ relationships? Towards a re-conceptualization of embeddedness. Progress in Human Geography28: 165–186.
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HessM (2008) Governance, value chains and networks: An afterword. Economy and Society37: 452–459.
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HessM (2009) Investigating the archipelago economy: Chains, networks and the study of uneven development. Journal fuer Entwicklungspolitik2: 20–37.
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HesseMRodrigueJ-P (2006) Global production networks and the role of logistics and transportation. Growth and Change37: 499–509.
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HudsonR (2007) Regions and regional uneven development forever? Some reflective comments upon theory and practice. Regional Studies41: 1149–1160.
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HudsonR (2008) Cultural political economy meets global production networks: A productive meeting?Journal of Economic Geography8: 421–440.
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HughesA (2006a) Geographies of exchange and circulation: Transnational trade and governance. Progress in Human Geography30: 635–643.
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HughesA (2006b) Learning to trade ethically: Knowledgeable capitalism, retailers and contested commodity chains. Geoforum37: 1008–1020.
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IvarssonIAlvstamCG (2010) Upgrading in global value-chains: A case study of technology-learning among IKEA suppliers in China and Southeast Asia. Journal of Economic Geography. doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbq009.
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KaplinskyR (2005) Globalization, Poverty and Inequality. Cambridge: Polity.
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KimJ-Y (2011) Does spatial clustering of foreign direct investment foster global production networks? The case of Qingdao, China. European Planning Studies19: 63–76.
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KnorringaPPeglerL (2006) Globalisation, firm upgrading and impacts on labour. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie97: 470–479.
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LaneCProbertJ (2009) National Capitalisms, Global Production Networks: Fashioning the Value Chain in the UK, USA, and Germany. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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LevyDL (2008) Political contestation in global production networks. Academy of Management Review33: 943–963.
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Lund-ThomsenPNadviK (2010b) Clusters, chains and compliance: Corporate social responsibility and governance in football manufacturing in South Asia. Journal of Business Ethics93: 201–222.
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MilbergWWinklerD (2010a) Financialisation and the dynamics of offshoring in the USA. Cambridge Journal of Economics34: 275–293.
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