Publications [#256357] of Gary Gereffi

Journal Articles

1. Gereffi, G, International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain, Journal of International Economics, vol. 48 no. 1 (June, 1999), pp. 37-70, Elsevier BV, ISSN 0022-1996 (Translated and reprinted: "Globalización, cadenas productivas y pasaje de naciones a eslabonamientos superiores. El caso de las industria internacional del vestido." Pp. 89-134 in Jorge Basave, Alejandro Dabat, Carlos Morera, Miguel Ángel Rivera Ríos, and Francisco Rodríguez (eds.), Globalización y alternativas incluyentes para el siglo XXI (México, DF: Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2002).) [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/20)

   Abstract:
   This article uses a global commodity chains perspective to analyze the social and organizational dimensions of international trade networks. In linking international trade and industrial upgrading, this article specifies: the mechanisms by which organizational learning occurs in trade networks; typical trajectories from assembly to OEM and OBM export roles; and the organization conditions that facilitate industrial upgrading moves such as the shift from assembly to full-package networks. The empirical focus is the apparel industry, with an emphasis on Asia.