| Publications [#256219] of Gary Gereffi
Journal Articles
- Gereffi, G; Lee, J, Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters,
Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 133 no. 1
(January, 2016),
pp. 25-38, Springer Nature, ISSN 0167-4544 [repository], [doi]
(last updated on 2024/04/23)
Abstract: The burgeoning literature on global value
chains (GVCs) has recast our understanding of how
industrial clusters are shaped by their ties to the international
economy, but within this context, the role played by
corporate social responsibility (CSR) continues to evolve.
New research in the past decade allows us to better
understand how CSR is linked to industrial clusters and
GVCs. With geographic production and trade patterns in
many industries becoming concentrated in the global
South, lead firms in GVCs have been under growing
pressure to link economic and social upgrading in more
integrated forms of CSR. This is leading to a confluence of
‘‘private governance’’ (corporate codes of conduct and
monitoring), ‘‘social governance’’ (civil society pressure on
business from labor organizations and non-governmental
organizations), and ‘‘public governance’’ (government
policies to support gains by labor groups and environmental
activists). This new form of ‘‘synergistic governance’’
is illustrated with evidence from recent studies of
GVCs and industrial clusters, as well as advances in theorizing
about new patterns of governance in GVCs and
clusters.
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