John Humphrey

Biographic Data

ID	5525568
NAME	John Humphrey
GIVEN NAMES	John
FAMILY NAME	Humphrey
SIGNATURE	HUMPHREY J
AFFILIATIONS	Indiana University School of Medicine
ORCID	0000-0003-3156-1065
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	69
TOTAL CITATIONS	1568
AUTHOR COUNT	69
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1964
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	11

Trust and inter‐firm relations in developing and transition economies
John D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies1998
The role of trust in facilitating economic growth has been highlighted in previous contributions to this journal. In order to take this debate forward, this article argues (1) that more attention needs to be given to the relationship between sanctions and trust, and (2) that it is worth distinguishing between the minimal trust for making markets effective and the extended trust required for deeper kinds of inter‐firm co‐operation to work. The art…
Travailleurs et innovations organisationnelles
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLETiers-Monde1998
Humphrey John. Travailleurs et innovations organisationnelles : une comparaison Inde/Brésil. In: Tiers-Monde, tome 39, n°154, 1998. Les transformations du travail (Amérique latine, Asie) sous la direction de Helena Hirata, Bruno Lautier et Pierre Salama. pp. 281-304
Chronique des archives
Open AccessMarguerite Bailly-Arsenault, Georges Baptiste et al.ARTICLERevue d histoire de l Amérique…1997
commissions scolaires du diocse de Valleyfield, (fonds), 43, 2: 307 Association du troisime centenaire de Trois-Rivires inc., (rpertoire), 49, 2
Responses to recession and restructuring
John D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies1996
It is often argued that during recession women and children are put into the labour market in order to maintain household incomes. They are forced into low‐paid jobs in the informal sector. Evidence from Sao Paulo suggests a different picture. During recession young people withdrew from the labour market. Adult female participation rates did increase, but more slowly than the long‐term trend. Women's entry into the labour market during recession …
“Amphitheatrical” Hippo-Stadia
John Humphrey, John H HumphreyCHAPTERCaesarea Maritima1996
The Triple C approach to local industrial policy
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1996Cited by: 18References: 9
Industrial reorganization in developing countries
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEWorld Development1995Cited by: 13References: 4
Nuevas fuentes de competitividad manufacturera
Open AccessJohn Humphreys, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLERevista Mexicana de Sociología1995
John Humphrey, Hortensia Moreno, Nuevas fuentes de competitividad manufacturera: organización de la producción y relaciones interempresariales, Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Vol. 57, No. 4, Reforma económica y empresariado en América Latina (Oct. - Dec., 1995), pp. 211-226
Are the Unemployed Part of the Urban Poverty Problem in Latin America
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latin American Studies1994Cited by: 3References: 7
For a long period, the consensus in development studies argued that the unemployed in urban areas were not part of the poverty problem. It was argued in the 1970s that open unemployment in developing countries was not, in general, a serious social problem. This was not because rates of open unemployment were low in urban areas - Turnham cited open unemployment rates in urban areas of over ten per cent for countries as diverse as Ghana, Guyana, Pa…
A gestão de mão-de-obra e os sistemas de produção no Terceiro Mundo
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEEstudos Avançados1994
Americanae nace como un proyecto conjunto que surge dentro de la Red Europea de Información y Documentación sobre América Latina (REDIAL), y que ha afrontado la Biblioteca de la Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID). Esta nueva biblioteca virtual hace más accesibles los libros digitales de tema americanista a los investigadores y usuarios interesados de cualquier parte del mundo
Japanese production management and labour relations in Brazil
John D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies1993
This article considers the impact on labour of the introduction of Japanese‐style production management. Evidence from industrialised countries is used to argue that the impact of Japanese‐style production management depends on union activities, labour market conditions and the internal control mechanisms developed by management. Evidence from a study of 18 firms in Brazil shows that Japanese‐style production management is being implemented. Labo…
Quality Issues for Korean Manufacturing Industry
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEIDS Bulletin1993Cited by: 1References: 2
Rising wages and an appreciating exchange rate currency forced Korean exporters of manufactured goods to try to move up?market at the end of the 1980s. This involves improving both product specification and conformance to standards. The Korean government is actively promoting improved quality systems in manufacturing as a means of enhancing competitiveness. Large Korean firms have much in their favour in this area ? particularly their technologic…
Introduction
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEIDS Bulletin1993References: 3
are grouped into clusters. The industry cluster is composed of four Fellows (full-time academic staff) and a varying number of Visiting Fellows and research officers. The cluster is concentrating much of its attention on changing relations between firms and changing organization within firms in manufacturing industry. In the developed world, a considerable literature on these questions has emerged in recent years
Unmodern Observations
John D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEGraduate Faculty Philosophy Journal1993
Without Fear of Being Happy
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1993Cited by: 2
Workers' response to job loss
Open AccessHelena Hirata, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1991Cited by: 6References: 3
Gender and Work in the Third World
Ian Roxborough, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1990Cited by: 1
Gender and Work in the Third World
Janet Townsend, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1989Cited by: 5
As countries in the Third World become more industrialized, what type of sexual division of labour will be established? Taking Brazil as an example, John Humphrey examines the issues around this question
Social Change in Contemporary Brazil
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1989
Au-delà de la critique du déterminisme technologique. Comparaisons entre pays développés et pays en voie de développement
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLESociologie du Travail1989
The methodological and theoretical pitfalls of comparative research between developed and developing lands (notedly Brazil) are pointed out. Some studies are presented of the obstacles that multinational firms have encountered when transferring technology or practices having to do with the organization of work. As he examines technological determinism, the author rejects the determinism inherent in certain theories of development and dependence. …
Town and Country in Roman Tripolitania
John D Humphrey, J H Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1987Cited by: 1
Diocletian's Palace, Split
John D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1987
Roman Circuses
Anthony Cutler, John D Humphrey et al.REVIEWThe Classical World1987
Roman Circuses
Janos Fedak, John H Humphreys et al.REVIEWPhoenix1987
New Social Movements and the State in Latin America
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1987Cited by: 46

The governance of global value chains
Gary Gereffi, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEReview of International Political…2005Cited by: 863References: 13
This article builds a theoretical framework to help explain governance patterns in global value chains. It draws on three streams of literature – transaction costs economics, production networks, and technological capability and firm-level learning – to identify three variables that play a large role in determining how global value chains are governed and change. These are: (1) the complexity of transactions, (2) the ability to codify transaction…
How does insertion in global value chains affect upgrading in industrial clusters
John D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLERegional Studies2002Cited by: 395References: 6
Humphrey J. and Schmitz H. (2002) How does insertion in global value chains affect upgrading in industrial clusters?, Reg. Studies 36, 1017–1027. What is the scope for local upgrading strategies where producers operate in global value chains? The literature on industrial clusters emphasizes the role of inter-firm co-operation and local institutions in enabling upgrading. The value chain literature focuses on the role of global buyers and chain go…
Introduction
Open AccessGary Gereffi, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEIDS Bulletin2001Cited by: 57References: 7
Globalisation has become a catchword for the international economy at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The increasing importance of export-oriented industrialisation has made integration into the global economy virtually synonymous with development for a number of nations. However, there is an acute awareness that the gains from globalisation are very unevenly distributed within as well as between societies. A growing body of work analy…
New Social Movements and the State in Latin America
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1987Cited by: 46
Changing Governance Patterns in the Trade in Fresh Vegetables between Africa and the United Kingdom
Open AccessC Dolan, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning A…2004Cited by: 39References: 8
Over the past twenty years the marketing of African fresh vegetables in the United Kingdom has become dominated by large retailers that have adopted competitive strategies based on quality, year-round supply, and product differentiation. This has led to a dramatic change in marketing channels, from wholesale markets to tightly knit supply chains. Global value chain analysis is used to explain why the various stages of production and marketing hav…
Governance in Global Value Chains
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEIDS Bulletin2001Cited by: 38References: 7
If trade liberalisation is to bring benefits to developing countries, then these countries must be
Global Governance and Developing Countries
Open AccessJing Gu, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2007Cited by: 20References: 10
Trade and Industry in Classical Greece
John W Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEPhoenix1980Cited by: 20
quality of all series, including antoniniani of the Gallic empire and bronzes of Postumus, which are poorly represented in the plates of R.I.C. The illustrations are therefore a valuable and much needed aid for the practical work of identification of the many coins of this period which turn up in poor condition. The Hunter collection does not possess specimens of all types and varieties, and following her admirable practise in previous volumes, P…
Policy Implications of Trends in Agribusiness Value Chains
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEEuropean Journal of Development…2006Cited by: 18References: 4
The Triple C approach to local industrial policy
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1996Cited by: 18References: 9
Industrial reorganization in developing countries
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEWorld Development1995Cited by: 13References: 4
Platforms, Innovation and Capability Development in the Chinese Domestic Market
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Development…2018Cited by: 6References: 4
China and India as Emerging Global Governance Actors
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEIDS Bulletin2006Cited by: 6References: 5
Workers' response to job loss
Open AccessHelena Hirata, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEWorld Development1991Cited by: 6References: 3
Gender and Work in the Third World
Janet Townsend, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1989Cited by: 5
As countries in the Third World become more industrialized, what type of sexual division of labour will be established? Taking Brazil as an example, John Humphrey examines the issues around this question
Auto Workers and the Working Class in Brazil
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLELatin American Perspectives1979Cited by: 4References: 1
INTRODUCTION In May 1978 a series of stoppages occurred in the auto industry in Brazil, which is concentrated in the southern industrial belt of Sao Paulo. After a decade in which the semblance of industrial peace had been guaranteed by a combination of legal controls over the trade unions, repression of rank-andfile organizations in the plants, and strict control over political opposition to the military government, the working class once again …
Are the Unemployed Part of the Urban Poverty Problem in Latin America
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEJournal of Latin American Studies1994Cited by: 3References: 7
For a long period, the consensus in development studies argued that the unemployed in urban areas were not part of the poverty problem. It was argued in the 1970s that open unemployment in developing countries was not, in general, a serious social problem. This was not because rates of open unemployment were low in urban areas - Turnham cited open unemployment rates in urban areas of over ten per cent for countries as diverse as Ghana, Guyana, Pa…
Crise économique et emploi des femmes
Helena Hirata, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLESociologie du Travail1984Cited by: 3
Helena Hirata et John Humphrey The economic crisis and the employment of women. A case study in Brazilian industry. The theories on the industrial reserve army and the segmentation of the labor market have been unsettled by the fact that women have continued to work in spite of the economic recession and unemployment. The main points of view on the differential effects of the crisis on employment according to sex are considered in light of the re…
Without Fear of Being Happy
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1993Cited by: 2
Markets for Nutrition
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEIDS Bulletin2015Cited by: 1References: 6
Policymakers are increasingly seeking to use food systems to help reduce rates of chronic undernutrition and to use markets to deliver nutrient?rich foods to vulnerable populations. This article examines how this might be achieved, drawing lessons from three intervention types: ready?to?use therapeutic foods (RUTFs), mandatory fortification and voluntarily fortified products. We find that a common set of constraints tends to inhibit markets from …
Quality Issues for Korean Manufacturing Industry
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEIDS Bulletin1993Cited by: 1References: 2
Rising wages and an appreciating exchange rate currency forced Korean exporters of manufactured goods to try to move up?market at the end of the 1980s. This involves improving both product specification and conformance to standards. The Korean government is actively promoting improved quality systems in manufacturing as a means of enhancing competitiveness. Large Korean firms have much in their favour in this area ? particularly their technologic…
Gender and Work in the Third World
Ian Roxborough, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Sociology1990Cited by: 1
Town and Country in Roman Tripolitania
John D Humphrey, J H Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1987Cited by: 1
O emprego industrial feminino e a crise econômica brasileira
Open AccessHelena Hirata, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBrazilian Journal of Political…1984Cited by: 1References: 2
O emprego industrial feminino cresceu rapidamente na década de setenta, mas a divisão sexual do trabalho permaneceu muito forte. Isto levanta a possibilidade de o emprego das mulheres não ser desproporcionalmente reduzido como resultado da crise económica da década de oitenta. Um estudo de uma grande fábrica de energia elétrica em São Paulo revelou que a administração tinha critérios claramente discriminatórios para a seleção dos trabalhadores a …
Aspects of the Circus at Lepcis Magna
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAnnual report - Society for…1973Cited by: 1
By kind permission of the Department of Antiquities and of Professor Antonino Di Vita, Director of the Italian Mission, and with the financial support of the Society for Libyan Studies, the Oxford Craven Committee and the Cambridge Faculty Board of Classics, the authors spent three weeks in the early summer of 1974 studying the circus at Lepcis Magna. During the sixty years in which Italian archaeologists have been working at Lepcis, parts of the…

Advances in immunology
Frank J Dixon, John HumphreyBOOKAdvances in immunology1964
Human Rights and Authority
John D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEUniversity of Toronto Law Journal1970
Aspects of the Circus at Lepcis Magna
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAnnual report - Society for…1973Cited by: 1
By kind permission of the Department of Antiquities and of Professor Antonino Di Vita, Director of the Italian Mission, and with the financial support of the Society for Libyan Studies, the Oxford Craven Committee and the Cambridge Faculty Board of Classics, the authors spent three weeks in the early summer of 1974 studying the circus at Lepcis Magna. During the sixty years in which Italian archaeologists have been working at Lepcis, parts of the…
Participants
Open AccessGordon Ada, Anthony C Allison et al.CHAPTERImmunological tolerance;…1974
B Cell Tolerance Induced by Non-Metabolized or Toxic Antigens
Open AccessJohn Humphrey, John H HumphreyCHAPTERImmunological tolerance;…1974
Auto Workers and the Working Class in Brazil
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLELatin American Perspectives1979Cited by: 4References: 1
INTRODUCTION In May 1978 a series of stoppages occurred in the auto industry in Brazil, which is concentrated in the southern industrial belt of Sao Paulo. After a decade in which the semblance of industrial peace had been guaranteed by a combination of legal controls over the trade unions, repression of rank-andfile organizations in the plants, and strict control over political opposition to the military government, the working class once again …
Trade and Industry in Classical Greece
John W Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEPhoenix1980Cited by: 20
quality of all series, including antoniniani of the Gallic empire and bronzes of Postumus, which are poorly represented in the plates of R.I.C. The illustrations are therefore a valuable and much needed aid for the practical work of identification of the many coins of this period which turn up in poor condition. The Hunter collection does not possess specimens of all types and varieties, and following her admirable practise in previous volumes, P…
Labour Use and Labour Control in the Brazilian Automobile Industry
Open AccessJohn D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLECapital & Class1980
Landlords and Tenants in Imperial Rome
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEPhoenix1982
North African Newsletter 3
Abdelmajid Ennabli, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1983
Labour Turnover and Women's Work
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1983
Susan Cunningham's use of the data from the Relagdo Annual de Informa9oes Sociais provides a good example of the potentialities opened up to researchers by the expansion of statistical sources in Brazil in the past decade. Although some reservations about the reliability of the RAIS data need to be stated, there is no doubt that it represents a considerable advance on previously available labour-force statistics. This is above all the case with r…
The growth of female employment in Brazilian manufacturing industry in the 1970s
John D Humphrey, John HumphreyARTICLEThe Journal of Development Studies1984
Female employment grew very rapidly in Brazilian manufacturing industry in the 1970s. Contrary to the predictions of some writers, women have not been marginalised from the industrial labour force as a result of dependent development. Among various hypotheses advanced in the literature to explain the sharp rise in female employment, the scarcity of male labour resulting from rapid economic growth is found to be the most convincing. This hypothesi…
O emprego industrial feminino e a crise econômica brasileira
Open AccessHelena Hirata, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBrazilian Journal of Political…1984Cited by: 1References: 2
O emprego industrial feminino cresceu rapidamente na década de setenta, mas a divisão sexual do trabalho permaneceu muito forte. Isto levanta a possibilidade de o emprego das mulheres não ser desproporcionalmente reduzido como resultado da crise económica da década de oitenta. Um estudo de uma grande fábrica de energia elétrica em São Paulo revelou que a administração tinha critérios claramente discriminatórios para a seleção dos trabalhadores a …
Capitalist Control and Workers' Struggle in the Brazilian Auto Industry
Robert J Alexander, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…1984
Crise économique et emploi des femmes
Helena Hirata, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLESociologie du Travail1984Cited by: 3
Helena Hirata et John Humphrey The economic crisis and the employment of women. A case study in Brazilian industry. The theories on the industrial reserve army and the segmentation of the labor market have been unsettled by the fact that women have continued to work in spite of the economic recession and unemployment. The main points of view on the differential effects of the crisis on employment according to sex are considered in light of the re…
Brazil
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1985
Marxism and Ideology.Jorge Larrain
John Humphreys, John A Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1985
Reflections on Brazilian Football
John D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1986
The World of Science and the Rule of Law
John C Campbell, John Ziman et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1986
Town and Country in Roman Tripolitania
John D Humphrey, J H Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1987Cited by: 1
Diocletian's Palace, Split
John D Humphrey, John Humphrey et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Archaeology1987
Roman Circuses
Anthony Cutler, John D Humphrey et al.REVIEWThe Classical World1987
Roman Circuses
Janos Fedak, John H Humphreys et al.REVIEWPhoenix1987
New Social Movements and the State in Latin America
John D Humphrey, John Humphreys et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1987Cited by: 46
Gender and Work in the Third World
Janet Townsend, John D Humphrey et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Latin American Research1989Cited by: 5
As countries in the Third World become more industrialized, what type of sexual division of labour will be established? Taking Brazil as an example, John Humphrey examines the issues around this question