scholarly journals A dynamic model of global value network governance

2020 ◽  
pp. 0308518X2092444
Author(s):  
Giorgos Galanis ◽  
Ashok Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Dynamic Model ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Governance Structures ◽  
Value Network

This paper presents a novel understanding of the changing governance structures in global supply chains. Motivated by the global garment sector, we develop a geographical political economy dynamic model that reflects the interaction between bargaining power and distribution of value among buyer and producer firms. We find that the interplay between these two forces, in combination with the spatial specificities of global production and consolidation, can drive governance structures towards a more symbiotic position.

Manufacturing SMEs, network governance and global supply chains

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-147
Author(s):  
Tony Cragg ◽  
Tom McNamara ◽  
Irena Descubes ◽  
Frank Guerin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Demand Uncertainty ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Informal Networks ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Case Research ◽  
Effective Form ◽  
Supply Chain Governance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how small manufacturing firms develop and manage relationships with global suppliers and distributors. In so doing the authors aim to contribute to knowledge about SMEs and supply chain management (SCM). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted 12 in-depth case studies of SME final assemblers of machinery in the French farm equipment sector. Findings The most effective form of global supply chain governance used by successful SMEs is informal networks involving managers in similar complementary firms, which serve to concatenate links with foreign suppliers and distributors. Research limitations/implications The principal limitation of this research is that it is specific to one sector and therefore questions of transferability are raised. Practical implications The important implication for managers in manufacturing SMEs is that links with other complementary local firms in the same sector need to be developed, leveraged and valued. Originality/value The originality of this case research is that the authors draw on inter-organisational boundaries, power asymmetries and network governance to develop a conceptual framework for the study of SMEs and global supply chains. By focusing on the perceptions of boundary-spanning managers, the authors show how, in circumstances of demand uncertainty, soft network governance is an effective strategic choice.

scholarly journals Does Compliance Pay? Social Standards and Firm-level Trade

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Distelhorst ◽  
Richard M. Locke
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Labor Regulation ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Social Standards

political economy, trade, labor, regulation, global supply chains

Empire's salvage heart

Focaal ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (64) ◽  
pp. 36-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Difference Form ◽  
Hardt And Negri ◽  
Attention To Diversity

What if those translations across difference that characterize global supply chains were to inspire a model of power and struggle in the contemporary political economy? In contrast to the unified Empire offered by Hardt and Negri, supply chains show us how attention to diversity-and the transformative collaborations it inspires-is key to both identifying what is wrong with the world today and imagining what we can do about it. This article describes a politics in which transformative collaborations across difference form the radical heart of possibility. Nonhumans are involved, as well as people with starkly different backgrounds and agendas. Love might be transformed.

scholarly journals The Impact of the Rise Global Supply Chains on the New Tendencies in the Contemporary Foreign Trade Policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Zdzisław W. Puślecki
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
Multinational Firms ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Foreign Trade Policy ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
The Impact

The main aim of the article is indication of impact of the rise global supply chains on the new tendencies in contemporary foreign trade policy. The subject of the discussion and theoretical contribution in the undertaken research program is presents new tendencies in international trade—the rise of global supply chains, the impact of the rise global supply chains on the political economy of trade and countries motivations for cooperating on trade policies and the rise of global supply chains and increasing importance of bilateral agreements in the foreign trade policy. It is important to underline that a few multinational firms are responsible for a major share of world trade and for the rise of global supply chains. On the one hand, these firms should support regulatory harmonization across different Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) in order to lower trade costs. On the other hand, they might also resist harmonization—and encourage certain non-tariff measures—in order to prevent new competitors from entering markets. This may partly explain the persistence of regulatory divergence, and suggests that the political economy of regulatory convergence, especially in the conditions of the rise global supply chains, may be more important and more complex than is sometimes suggested. 

scholarly journals Can solidarity be organized "from below" in global supply chains? The case of ExChains

2018 ◽  
pp. 400-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Lohmeyer ◽  
Elke Schüßler ◽  
Markus Helfen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
Empirical Context ◽  
Transnational Solidarity ◽  
Transnational Social Space

Global supply chains in the garment industry are marked by labour standard violations in factories as well as retail stores. Against this background it is important to strengthen the bargaining power of workers along the supply chain. Establishing direct relationships among workers along the supply chain could be one way to achieve this aim. This paper builds on extant literature on transnational solidarity and highlights the specific challenges of understanding solidarity in a transnational social space by looking at the empirical context of global garment supply chains. It hereby seeks to go beyond treating “solidarity” as a mere metaphor for any form of transnational union or worker cooperation, and instead engages with the cultural-normative dimensions of the concept as referring to mutual bonds among groups of workers. By looking at the case of the ExChains network, this paper examines some of the opportunities and challenges involved in establishing and maintaining transnational worker solidarity. The paper concludes by discussing the transformative potential, but also the limits of transnational labour solidarity regarding substandard working conditions in global supply chains.

E-Lance Enabled Network Exchanges within Supply Chains

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Robert E. Hooker ◽  
Carmen C. Lewis ◽  
Molly M. Wasko ◽  
James L. Worrell ◽  
Tom Yoon
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Transaction Costs ◽  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Transaction Cost Economics ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Social Controls

E-business based e-lance networks can impact the coordination and completion of work within organizations and improve efficiencies in global supply chains. This may be particularly true for organizations mitigating sudden demand spikes, or lacking internal expertise and bandwidth. However, little is known about what governance and social control mechanisms impact network success. Utilizing data from 14,644 projects, this research tests a theory of network governance specific to this new emerging e-lance economy by integrating transaction cost economics with the concepts of social controls. For transaction costs, findings indicate that higher average project values lead to more projects and more money being exchanged, but more bids leads to less monetary exchange. For social controls, restricting access by sealing bids and not disclosing budget amounts leads to less bidding, but not disclosing budgets is associated with more projects being posted. The authors further find that the best predictor of e-lance success across all measures is the number of projects posted in the prior time period.

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