The international business (IB) literature has always analyzed multinational enterprises
(MNEs) as firms that internalize market transactions across national borders. Over the last …

This paper examines the role of state policymaking in a context of global value chains
(GVCs). While the literature acknowledges that states matter in GVCs, there is little …

As demand for electrical energy storage scales, production networks for lithium-ion battery
manufacturing are being re-worked organisationally and geographically. The UK-like the US …

This article draws on Harvey's theory of uneven development and spatio-temporal fix to
conceptualize the changing geography of the European automotive industry based on the …

Drawing on the global value chains and global production networks perspectives and using
financial indicators for individual firms, we evaluate industrial upgrading of 490 Czech …

In this article, we engage the question of regional resilience theoretically and empirically.
Our theoretical approach merges discussions of regional development in evolutionary …

This paper develops a Marxian critique of the “global commodity chain”(GCC) paradigm. It is
argued that this approach fails to provide an actual explanation of the phenomenon it sets …

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 …

This article examines the development of corporate research and development (R&D) in the
automotive industry of East-Central Europe (ECE) in the context of the internationalization of …

This article presents an analysis of slave labour (as it is known in Brazil) among sugar cane
workers within a globalising production network. It employs the Global Production Network …