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Local Enterprises in the Global Economy: Issues of Governance and Upgrading
Published by: Edward Elgar Publishing
This book opens a fresh chapter in the debate on local enterprise clusters and their strategies for upgrading in the global economy. The...
Clusters and Chains: How Interfirm Organization Influences Industrial Upgrading
Published by: Edward Elgar Publishing
The vast majority of developing countries have undergone a process of trade liberalisation, so the choice open to them is not whether to...
The Struggle to Develop Regional Industry Policy: The Role of the Plastics and Auto Sectors in the Regional Chamber of ABC, São Paulo
Published by: IDS
Much of the current policy debate on fostering the industrial upgrading focuses on the importance of local or regional policy networks. The question, which has been neglected in this debate, is whether conducting local or regional industrial policy is possible where local enterprises are part of a global production system.
Local Clusters in Global Value Chains: Exploring Dynamic Linkages Between Germany and Pakistan
Published by: IDS
Industrial clusters and global value chains command growing interest in regional studies. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical material on how clusters are linked into global value chains, and limited research on ties between clusters in the developed and developing world.
Global Quality Standards, Chain Governance and the Technological Upgrading of Brazilian Auto-Components Producers
Published by: IDS
This paper investigates whether and how the adoption of global quality standards (QS) changes inter-firm relationships and enhances the upgrading prospects of local producers in developing countries.
The Concept of the ‘World Economic Triangle’: Global Governance Patterns and Options for Regions
Published by: IDS
This study investigates the scope of action open to regions in the world economy. Approaches concerned with the growing importance of 'regions in the global economy' seldom address the issue of altered global rule systems and governance structures. Instead, they focus on the challenges 'inside' regions, for example, the growing need for local networking among actors as a means of developing endogenous technological competence.