Gary Gereffi, Professor

Contact Info:

Office Location:	264 Soc-Psych
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5611/660-5614
Email Address:

Education:

• Ph.D. Yale University 1980
• M.A. & M.Phil. Yale University 1974
• B.A. University of Notre Dame 1970

Research Interests:

Gary 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 three major ongoing research projects are: (1) industrial upgrading in East Asia, North America, and Eastern Europe/Central Asia; (2) a comparative analysis of global restructuring in the apparel, automotive, computer, and retail sectors; and (3) a study of the emergence of public and private governance systems in the Americas. Currently, Gereffi is writing a book on global value chains and industrial upgrading.

Areas of Interest:

Development,
Comparative/Historical Sociology,
Economy and Society

Curriculum Vitae

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development, ILO Social Policy Lectures. (2006), Geneva: International Institute for Labor Studies and International Labor Organization. [htm] .
2. (Binnur Neidik and Gary Gereffi), Explaining Turkey’s Emergence and Sustained Competitiveness as a Full-Package Supplier of Apparel”, Environment and Planning, vol. A 38 no. 12 (2006), pp. 2285-2303 .
3. (Gary Gereffi, John Humphrey, and Timothy Sturgeon), The Governance of Global Value Chains, Review of International Political Economy, vol. 12 no. 1 (February, 2005), pp. 78-104 [2005.pdf] .
4. David Spener, Gary Gereffi, and Jennifer Bair, Free Trade and Uneven Development: The North American Apparel Industry After NAFTA, edited by (Gary Gereffi, David Spener, and Jennifer Bair, co-editors) (January, 2002), pp. 3-22, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press [02.pdf] .
5. (Manuel Antonio Garretón, Marcelo Cavarozzi, Peter S. Cleaves, Gary Gereffi, and Jonathan Hartlyn), Latin America in the 21st Century: Toward a New Sociopolitical Matrix (2003), Miami, FL: University of Miami, North-South Center Press .
6. (Gary Gereffi and Olga Memodovic), The Global Apparel Value Chain: What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries?, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Sectoral Studies Series (2003) [Apparel_2003.pdf] .
7. (Jennifer Bair and Gary Gereffi), Local Clusters in Global Chains: The Causes and Consequences of Export Dynamism in Torreon’s Blue Jeans Industry, World Development, vol. 29 no. 11 (November) (November, 2001), pp. 1885-1903 (Translated and updated: “Los conglomerados locales en las cadenas globales: la industria maquiladora de confección en Torreón, México” (Jennifer Bair and Gary Gereffi). Comercio Exterior 53, 4 (abril de 2003): 338-355..) [pdf] .
8. The Value of Value Chains: Spreading the Gains from Globalisation, Special issue of the IDS Bulletin, edited by (Gary Gereffi and Raphael Kaplinsky, co-editors), vol. 32 no. 3 (July), Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex [pdf] .