Analysing global economic organization
Embedded Networks and Global Chains Compared
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2159490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Bair (0000-0002-5083-1385) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 339-364 |
| Publication date | 2008-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-5147 • E-ISSN: 1469-5766 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03085140802172664 |
| OpenAlex | W2011819991 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 100 |
| References cited | 51 |
This article analyses the network epistemologies that underlie several frameworks for studying global economic organization. Specifically, the embedded network of the new economic sociology is compared with various global chain constructs that seek to emphasize the connectedness of actors and activities across space. I argue that the micro-sociological foundations of the new economic sociology make embeddedness a problematic concept for analysing economic organization at a global level. I then contrast the embedded network as a trust-based governance structure with the construct of the global commodity chain, which understands network governance in terms of power relations or ‘drivenness’. Finally, I explain how the recent theory of global value chain governance by Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon (2005 Gereffi, G., Humphrey, J. and Sturgeon, T. 2005. The governance of global value chains. Review of International Political Economy, 12(1): 78–104. [Taylor & Francis Online], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) departs from the macro-sociological tradition that oriented earlier chain frameworks: this theory, which focuses on the coordination of inter-firm dyads in a global value chain, returns to a micro-oriented understanding of governance, but one that draws more from transaction cost theory than from the new economic sociology
Actor–network theory · Commodity · Commodity chain · Corporate governance · Economic sociology · Economic system · Economics · Embeddedness · Global governance · Global value chain · Globalization · Management · Microeconomics · Network theory · Social connectedness · Social science · Sociology · Transaction cost · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Innovation and Socioeconomic Development · Management and Organizational Studies
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| Unique citing works | 100 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,56 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 99 |