International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Gereffi, G
• 署名单位: Duke University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1996(98)00075-0
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 37-70
• 关键词: global commodity chains; industrial upgrading; OEM; OBM; apparel; East Asia

摘要

This article uses a global commodity chains perspective to analyze the social and organizational dimensions of international trade networks. In linking international trade and industrial upgrading, this article specifies: the mechanisms by which organizational learning occurs in trade networks; typical trajectories from assembly to OEM and OEM export roles; and the organizational conditions that facilitate industrial upgrading moves such as the shift from assembly to full-package networks. The empirical focus is the apparel industry, with an emphasis on Asia. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.