Local enterprises in the global economy : issues of governance and upgrading

By H. Schmitz. 2004

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Beyond corporate codes of conduct: Work organization and labour standards at Nike's suppliers (2007, background): “This article summarizes the results to date of a set of ongoing studies aimed at analysing the role of codes of conduct and discusses their interactions with other management systems, national laws and enforcement regimes, and employee representation by unions and/or other NGOs.”
Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters (2005, background): “The Underground Revolution in the Sinos Valley: A comparison of Upgrading in global and national value chain, in Schmitz (2004).”
Innovation capability building and learning mechanisms in latecomer firms: recent empirical contributions and implications for research (2012, methodology): “Drawing on the frameworks developed in Schmitz (1995, 2004) and Bell and Albu (1999), Kishimoto (2004) examined the upgrading trajectory of the personal computer (PC) cluster in Taiwan.”
Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters (2014, background): “Notwithstanding an ongoing dialog between the GVC and cluster literatures (Bair and Gereffi 2001; Chiarvesio et al. 2010; Humphrey and Schmitz 2002; Schmitz 2004),”
Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries: Building Domestic Capabilities in a Global Setting (2011, background): “Schmitz (2004) provides some examples of market-based chains sharing a common characteristic: the small size of buyers.”
Industrial Clusters and Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: What We Know, What We do not Know, and What We Need to Know (2016, unknown): “mitz and Nadvi 1999), often by highlighting the benefits for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in industrial districts in developing countries (Nadvi 1999a; Schmitz 2004).”
Innovation and international business (2017, background): “However, the capability-enhancing potential of participation in GVCs has also been questioned.”
Labour in Global Value Chains: Work Conditions in Football Manufacturing in China, India and Pakistan (2012, background): “…upgrading strategies — that is, producing better products more efficiently, by moving into higher valueadded activities such as design and branding of products, or by employing skills gained in one industry to become competitive in a related industry (Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002; Schmitz, 2004).”
The Changing Global Geography of Low-Technology, Labor-Intensive Industry: Clothing, Footwear, and Furniture (2006, background): “At the same time, collaborative interactions and long-term relationships have been shown to be important conduits through which many forms of process and product upgrading occur in low-technology, labor-intensive industries (Bair & Gereffi, 2003; Bazan & Navas-Alemán, 2004; Gereffi, 1999; Gibbon, 20”
Italian Industrial Districts on the Move: Where Are They Going? (2009, background): “However, Meyer-Stamer et al. (2004) point out that the existence of very strong user–producer links does not involve exclusive relationships, and capital goods manufacturers can sell their products to whoever is most willing and able to pay.”
Upgrading in Global Value Chains (2004, unknown): “See also the papers in Schmitz (2004).”
Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems : Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries? (2010, background): “Based on this empirical evidence, Schmitz (2004) concludes that advances in functional upgrading seem to be facilitated by dealing with small rather than large customers.”
Does Monitoring Improve Labor Standards? Lessons from Nike (2006, unknown): “Others, however, argue that private monitoring is not an attempt to undermine the state but rather an appropriately flexible response to the reality of global production networks and the low capacity of developing country states to fully enforce labor laws and regulations (Nadvi and Wältring 2004).”
Local and Regional Development in Global Value Chains, Production Networks and Innovation Networks: A Comparative Review and the Challenges for Future Research (2013, background): “One critical strand in current debates on globalization has been the relationship between local and global actors, the nature of governance within these ties, and their implications for local policy (Held & McGrew, 2002; Henderson et al., 2002; Schmitz, 2004).”