Upgrading, uneven development, and jobs in the North American apparel industry

By Jennifer Bair, Gary Gereffi. 2003

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Plant Science, Strategy and Management

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Whither Global Production Networks in Economic Geography? Past, Present, and Future (2006, background): “Rather, it points to how contemporary GPN/GVC analysis, in economic geography as well as cognate disciplines, puts an emphasis on the multiscalarity of processes of value creation and industrial upgrading (Bair and Gereffi, 2003; Coe and Hess, 2005; Liu et al, 2004; Palpacuer and Parisotto, 2003).”
Asian firms and the restructuring of global value chains (2014, background): “…and dispersed garment manufacturers undertaking production for a variety of global brands, discount retailers and supermarket chains is well documented (see, for example, Bair & Gereffi, 2003; Gereffi & Memedovic, 2003; Gereffi, 1999; Nadvi & Thoburn, 2004; Palpacuer, Gibbon, & Thomsen, 2005).”
Which Way is "Up" in Upgrading? Trajectories of Change in the Value Chain for South African Wine (2009, background): “When it is followed, its rewards may be unevenly distributed and/or have a limited timeframe (see Bair & Gereffi, 2003; for a successful example, however, see Tokatli, 2007).”
Ready-to-Wear Development? Foreign Investment, Technology Transfer, and Learning by Watching in the Apparel Trade (2004, background): “…the rapidly growing sociological literature instigated, inspired, or informed by Gereffi’s work on the garment trade in North America (Applebaum & Christerson 1997; Bair & Gereffi 2001, 2003; Bonacich et al. 1994; Collins 2002; Gereffi, Spener & Bair 2002; Heron 2002; Knutsen 2003; Lee 2001).”
The Blue Revolution in Asia: Upgrading and Governance in Aquaculture Value Chains (2014, unknown): “Thus, the ‘high road’ to upgrading, when followed at all, is only partial and its rewards are either unevenly distributed or have a limited timeframe (see Bair & Gereffi, 2003; for an exception, see Tokatli, 2007).”
Global commodity chains and endogenous growth: Export dynamism and development in Mexico and Honduras (2006, background): “…literature has also revealed that the development of full-package capabilities, and the competitiveness of the Mexican industry more generally, is highly uneven across the industrial landscape of Mexico’s textile and apparel sector (Bair & Gereffi, 2003; CANAINTEX & Werner International, 2002).”
Global Capitalism and Commodity Chains: Looking Back, Going Forward (2005, background): “…of work has emphasized, the spatial unevenness of Mexico’s export boom, and the devastating implications of the US economic downturn for Mexican exporters, underscore the precariousness and contingency of the positive developmental outcomes this export dynamism generated (Bair and Gereffi 2003).”
International competition and industrial evolution: Evidence from the impact of Chinese competition on Mexican maquiladoras (2013, background): “In response to positive demand shocks to, for example, electronics goods both Chinese penetration and Maquiladora sales is expected increase in the US.”
Offshoring in the New Global Political Economy (2005, unknown): “These dynamics are located in the context of the spatial structure of a value chain and the power relations among the constituent actors (Bair and Gereffi, 2003; Kaplinsky, 2000).”
The Future of the Apparel and Textile Industries: Prospects and Choices for Public and Private Actors (2006, background): “Bair and Gereffi (2001; 2003) advocate that Mexico and other developing nations should focus on the design and marketing phases of apparel operation as a critical step towards survival.”
Political Contestation in Global Production Networks (2008, background): “GCC analysis has provided a series of rich case studies of the dynamics by which firms build positions of market power and defend them in the face of relentless competitive pressures to commoditize products and services (Bair & Gereffi, 2003).”
The Place of Disarticulations: Global Commodity Production in La Laguna, Mexico (2011, background): “scholars outline the possibilities and failures of upgraded firms to maintain and expand their participation in production networks (Bair and Gereffi, 2003; Pickles et al, 2006; Schrank, 2004).”
Extrinsic and intrinsic drivers of corporate social performance: Evidence from foreign and domestic firms in Mexico (2010, unknown): “…considerable academic attention in the wake of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), particularly on environmental and labor issues (Bair and Gereffi, 2003; Dasgupta et al., 2000; Rugman et al., 1999; Sargent and Matthews, 1997; Wisner and Epstein, 2005) and social behavior more…”