Foster, C.G. orcid.org/0000-0001-7827-2485 and Graham, M. (2017) Reconsidering the Role of the Digital in Global Production Networks. Global Networks, 17 (1). pp. 68-88. ISSN 1470-2266
Abstract
Global production networks (GPN) has become a key framework in conceptualising linkages, power and structure in globalised production. However, this framework has been less successful in integrating the influence of digital information and ICTs in production, and this problematic in a world where relationships and power are increasingly mediated by digital information flows and resources. We thus look to adapt the GPN framework to allow more substantive analysis of ‘the digital’. Primarily this is done through a theoretical analysis of the three core categories of the GPN framework - embeddedness, value and networks – to highlight how these categories can better integrate a more dynamic and contested conceptualisation of the digital. Illustrations from research on the digitalization of tea sector GPNs in East Africa highlight how these theoretical advances provide new insights on the digital and its expanding role in economic production.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s) Global Networks © 2016 Global Networks Partnership & John Wiley & Sons Ltd |
Keywords: | Global Production Networks; Information and Communication Technology; Internet; Network Society; Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2016 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2019 12:03 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/glob.12142 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/glob.12142 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:99636 |