Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: Problems of theory and measurement

By Wiliiam Milberg, Deborah Winkler. 2011

226 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Public Administration, Strategy and Management

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In Political Science and International Relations

1. Peter Lund-Thomsen
2. Khalid Nadvi
3. Gary Gereffi
4. Neil M. Coe
5. Daria Taglioni
6. A. Chan
7. S. Miroudot
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1. Peter Lund-Thomsen
2. A. Chan
3. Gary Gereffi
4. Khalid Nadvi
5. Neil M. Coe
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In Strategy and Management

1. Gary Gereffi
2. Neil M. Coe
3. Khalid Nadvi
4. Peter Lund-Thomsen
5. E. Giuliani
6. S. Miroudot
7. Henry S. C. Yeung
8. Daria Taglioni

Citations in the corpus

• Labour in Global Value Chains: Work Conditions in Football Manufacturing in China, India and Pakistan (2012, background): “Barrientos et al. (2011) and Milberg and Winkler (2011) have explored the inter-relationship between economic and social upgrading within GVCs, and the consequences for worker livelihoods and working conditions from engagement with such GVCs. Empirically, there have been attempts to assess the…”
• Missing links: Logistics, governance and upgrading in a shifting global economy (2014, background): “…is a relatively recent term coined to describe the changing working conditions within GPNs, both in terms of measurable standards (wages, benefits, etc.) and enabling rights (freedom of association, collective bargaining, etc.) (for example, Barrientos et al., 2010; Milberg and Winkler, 2010).”
• Multinational corporations’ economic and human rights impacts on developing countries: a review and research agenda (2014, background): “…also produce synergies with development studies on Global Value Chains and economic and social upgrading processes (Barrientos et al., 2011a; 2011b; Milberg and Winkler, 2011; Rossi, 2011), by analysing MNCs’ impacts beyond the value chain, and looking at a wider range of human rights in addition…”
• Joining, Upgrading and Being Competitive in Global Value Chains: A Strategic Framework (2013, background): “Definitions Following Porter (1985), value chains have become a reference for the analysis of trade and industrial organization, describing the full range of activities that firms and workers perform to bring a product or service from its conception to end-use and beyond.”