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1. Articulating into the Global Production Network of Music Beyond Firms : A Tale of the Music Industry in Stockholm, Sweden
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenSammanfattning : In this paper, the global production network (GPN) approach is employed to probe how regional institutions are functioning in the music industry and how they affect value flows in the royalty system of the music industry in a given territory. Besides answering these questions, the author endeavours to fill one theoretical gap in the GPN analytical framework that the processes between regional institutions and GPNs are seen as complementary interactions behind the process of strategic coupling, yet without any clear conceptualized discourse. LÄS MER
2. SMEs and Social Upgrading in Developing Countries : Doing Good or Evading Responsibilities?
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenSammanfattning : Workers in labour-intensive industries in developing countries have been described as the ‘hidden hands’ in the making of valuable goods in global production networks (GPNs). The process of improving the rights and entitlements of workers in GPNs have been referred to as ’social upgrading’. LÄS MER
3. A Trend towards Relational Governance Configurations? Governance of labor standards in the Swedish garment industry
Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : Abstract Problem Scholars argue that governance studies often fail to incorporate issues related to labor standards within in global value chains (GVCs) and global production networks (GPNs). While studies addressing labor related issues have begun to emerge, many such studies have focused on labor agency and under what conditions labor may shape GPNs, but there is a relatively scarce body of research approaching labor standards from the home country context of lead firms. LÄS MER