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Missing links: Logistics, governance and upgrading in a shifting global economy

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This article seeks to argue that logistics services, and the independent logistics industry in particular, should be afforded much more attention within political economy approaches to the global economy. Widespread outsourcing processes and the increased sophistication of logistics provisions mean thattheindustryhasarguablyevolvedbeyondbeingamereserviceinputto occupyinganintegralandstrategicrolewithinmanyglobalindustries.Itis, therefore,intimatelyconnectedtodebatesaboutshiftinggovernanceregimes and upgrading dynamics within those industries. Conceptualising logistics fromaglobalproductionnetwork(GPN)perspectiveoffersthepotentialfor revealing both (1) the contribution of logistics providers to value and upgrading dynamics in client sectors and (2) the ways in which the logistics industry itself can be thought of as a multi-actor value-generation network with its own strategic and upgrading dynamics. The article distils the key contributions and limitations of prevailing business studies approaches to logistics, before charting a four-pronged research agenda that foregrounds thepoliticaleconomyoflogisticsprovisionswithintheglobaleconomy.The analysisconcludesbythinkingabouttheimplicationsofon-goingpost-crisis restructuring within the world economy for the proposed research agenda on logistics and GPNs.

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Informasi Detail

Judul Seri

Review of International Political Economy

No. Panggil

ATC LO COE m

Penerbit

Singapore : Routledge., 2009

Deskripsi Fisik

35 p.

Bahasa

English

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Klasifikasi

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

online resource

Edisi

Vol. 21, No. 1, 224–256

Subjek

Logistics
governance
Global production networks

Info Detail Spesifik

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Neil M. Coe

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