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Gary Gereffi, Professor, Sociology

Gary Gereffi
Contact Info:
Office Location:  1008 Monmouth Avenue
Office Phone:  (919) 660-5611/660-5614
Email Address: send me a message

Teaching (Spring 2024):

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Education:

Ph.D.Yale University1980
M.A. & M.Phil.Yale University1974
B.A.University of Notre Dame1970
Research Interests:

Gereffi's research interests deal with social and environmental certification in global industries, the competitive strategies of global firms, and industrial upgrading in East Asia and Latin America. His major ongoing research projects are: (1) industrial upgrading in East Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe/Central Asia; (2) a book on global consolidation, using a global value chains perspective; (3) a study of the emergence of public and private governance systems in the Americas; and (4) analyzing the competitiveness of North Carolina industries in the global economy .

Areas of Interest:

Development
Economic Sociology
Latin America
East Asia

Keywords:

East Asia • Latin America • Global commodity chains • Global value chains • Industrial upgrading • Apparel and textiles • Retailers

Curriculum Vitae
Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

    Representative Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Sturgeon, T; Gereffi, G; Guinn, A; Zylberberg, E, A Indstria Brasileira e as Candenas Globais de Valor (Brazilian Industry en Global Value Chains) (2014), Elsevier
    2. Gereffi, G, Global value chains in a post-Washington Consensus world, Review of International Political Economy, vol. 21 no. 1 (January, 2014), pp. 9-37, ISSN 0969-2290 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
    3. Olivier Cattaneo, Gary Gereffi, Sebastien Miroudot, and Daria Taglioni, Joining, Upgrading and Being Competitive in Global Value Chains: A Strategic Framework, World Bank (April, 2013) (Policy Research Working Paper 6406.) [main]
    4. Lee, J; Gereffi, G; Beauvais, J, Global value chains and agrifood standards: challenges and possibilities for smallholders in developing countries., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 109 no. 31 (July, 2012), pp. 12326-12331, ISSN 0027-8424 (Part of Special Feature on “Agriculture Development and Nutrition Security.”.) [repository], [doi]  [abs]
    5. Cornelia Staritz, Gary Gereffi and Olivier Cattaneo, co-editors, Shifting End Markets and Upgrading Prospects in Global Value Chains, Special issue of International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development (IJTLID), vol. Vol. 4, Nos. 1/2/3 (2011) [3]
    6. Gereffi, G; Lee, J, Why the World Suddenly Cares About Global Supply Chains, Journal of Supply Chain Management, vol. 48 no. 3 (July, 2012), pp. 24-32, WILEY, ISSN 1523-2409 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
    7. Gereffi, G; Christian, M, The impacts of Wal-Mart: The rise and consequences of the world's dominant retailer, Annual Review of Sociology, vol. 35 no. 1 (December, 2009), pp. 573-591, ANNUAL REVIEWS, ISSN 0360-0572 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
    8. Barrientos, S; Gereffi, G; Rossi, A, Economic and social upgrading in global production networks: A new paradigm for a changing world, International Labour Review, vol. 150 no. 3-4 (December, 2011), pp. 319-340, WILEY, ISSN 0020-7780 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs]
    9. Gereffi, G, Global Value Chains and International Competition, The Antitrust Bulletin, vol. 56 no. 1 (2011), pp. 37-56 [repository], [doi]  [abs]
    10. Mayer, F; Gereffi, G, Regulation and Economic Globalization: Prospects and Limits of Private Governance, Business and Politics, vol. 12 no. 03 (Winter, 2010), pp. 1-25, Cambridge University Press (CUP), ISSN 1369-5258 [repository], [doi]  [abs]