Bring In, Go Up, Go West, Go Out: Upgrading, Regionalisation and Delocalisation in China’s Apparel Production Networks

References

• Appelbaum, R. 2004. “Fighting Sweatshops: Problems of Enforcing Global Labour Standards.” In Critical Globalization Studies, edited by R. Appelbaum and W. Robinson, 369–378. New York: Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Appelbaum, R., E. Bonacich, and K. Quan. 2005. “The End of Apparel Quotas: A Faster Race to the Bottom?” Santa Barbara: University of California at Santa Barbara, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research, Center for Global Studies, Working Paper.
   Google Scholar
• Arnold, D., and J. Pickles. 2011. “Global Work, Surplus Labor, and the Precarious Economies of the Border.” Antipode 43 (5): 1598–1624.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bair, J., ed. 2009. Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Bair, J., and E. Dussel Peters. 2006. “Global Commodity Chains and Endogenous Growth: Export Dynamism and Development in Mexico and Honduras.” World Development 34 (2): 203–21.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• BMU Service. 2008. “An Overview of PRC’s New Labour Contract Law”. Accessed Nov 14, 2010. http://www.bmuconsulting.com/userfiles/2008_01.pdf
   Google Scholar
• China’s State Council. 2004. “Sunshine Project: Training for Labor Transferred from Rural Areas [Yang Guang Gong Cheng: Nong Cun Lao Dong Li Zhuan Yi Pei Xun].” China: Beijing.
   Google Scholar
• China’s State Council. 2007. “Comprehensive Work Plan of Saving Energy and Diminishing Pollution [Jie Neng Jian Pai Zong He Xing Gong Zuo Fang An]. ” China: Beijing.
   Google Scholar
• CNTAC. 2011. “Annual Report on Corporate Social Responsibility in Chinese Textile and Apparel Industry-2010/2011 [2010-2011 Zhong Guo Fang Zhi Fu Zhuang Hang Ye She Hui Ze Ren Nian Du Bao Gao]. ” Beijing, China: China National Textile and Apparel Council.
   Google Scholar
• Coe, N., P. Dicken, and M. Hess. 2008. “Global Production Networks: Realizing the Potential.” Journal of Economic Geography 8: 271–295.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coe, N., M. Hess, H. Yeung, P. Dicken, and J. Henderson. 2004. “‘Globalizing’ Regional Development: A Global Production Networks Perspective.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 29 (4): 468–484.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dicken, P. 2007. Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy. 5th ed. New York: Guilford Press.
   Google Scholar
• Drewry Supply Chain Advisors. 2007. “China’s Apparel Supply Chains: Will They Become Uncompetitive?” London: Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd.
   Google Scholar
• Dussel Peters, E. 2008. “GCCs and Development: A Conceptual and Empirical Review.” Competition and Change 12 (1): 11–27.
   Google Scholar
• Federation of Hong Kong Industries. 2008. “Pearl River Delta (PRD) Business Environment Survey.” Hong Kong: FHKI.
   Google Scholar
• Feenstra, R., and G. Hamilton. 2006. Emergent Economies, Divergent Paths: Economic Organization and International Trade in South Korea and Taiwan. New York: Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Gereffi, G. 1999. “International Trade and Industrial Upgrading in the Apparel Commodity Chain.” Journal of International Economics 48 (1): 37–70.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gereffi, G. 2005. “The Global Economy: Organization, Governance, and Development.” In Handbook of Economic Sociology. 2nd ed., edited by N. Smelser, and R. Swedberg, 160–182. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Gereffi, G. 2009. “Development Models and Industrial Upgrading in China and Mexico.” European Sociological Review 25 (1): 37–51.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gereffi, G., and S. Frederick. 2010. “The Global Apparel Value Chain, Trade and the Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries.” World Bank.
   Google Scholar
• Gereffi, G., J. Humphrey, and T. Sturgeon. 2005. “The Governance of Global Value Chains.” Review of International Political Economy 12 (1): 78–104.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gereffi, G., and F. Mayer. 2006. “Globalization and the Demand for Governance.” In The New Offshoring of Jobs and Global Development, edited by G. Gereffi, 39–58. Geneva: ILO.
   Google Scholar
• Hamilton, G., and M. Petrovic. 2006. “Global Retailers and Asian Manufacturers.” In Handbook of Research on Asian Business. Vol. 11., edited by H. Yeung. Northampton: Edward Elgar.
   Google Scholar
• He, C., and S. Zhu. 2007. “Economic Transition and Industrial Restructuring in China: Structural Convergence or Divergence?” Post-Communist Economies 19 (3): 317–342.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Henderson, J., P. Dicken, M. Hess, N. Coe, and H.W.-C. Yeung. 2002. “Global Production Networks and the Analysis of Economic Development.” Review of International Political Economy 9 (3): 436–464.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Henderson, J., and K. Nadvi. 2011. “Greater China, the Challenges of Global Production Networks and the Dynamics of Transformation.” Global Networks 11 (3): 285–297.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Humphrey, J., and H. Schmitz. 2002. “How Does Insertion in Global Value Chains Affect Upgrading in Industrial Clusters?” Regional Studies 36 (9): 1017–1027.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• IADB. 2005. “The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Basin.” Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB).
   Google Scholar
• Inagaki, H. 2006. South China’s Labor Shortage: Will the Current Worker Shortage Escalate? Tokyo: Mizuho Research Institute.
   Google Scholar
• Kaplinsky, R. 2000. “Globalisation and Unequalisation: What Can Be Learned from Value Chain Analysis?” Journal of Development Studies 37: 117–146.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaplinsky, R., and M. Farooki. 2010. “What Are the Implications for Global Value Chains When the Market Shifts from the North to the South?” Vol. WPS5205. Washington, DC: World Bank.
   Google Scholar
• Lan, T., and J. Pickles. 2011. “China’s New Labor Contract Law: State Regulation and Worker Rights in Global Production Networks.” Manchester: University of Manchester.
   Google Scholar
• Li & Fung Research Centre. 2006. “Textile and Apparel Clusters in China.” Vol. 5. Hong Kong: Li & Fung Research Centre.
   Google Scholar
• Li & Fung Research Centre. 2008. “China’s Industry Relocation and Upgrading Trends: Implications for Sourcing Business.” Vol. 56. Hong Kong: Li & Fung Research Centre.
   Google Scholar
• Liao, H., and R. Chan. 2011. “Industrial Relocation of Hong Kong Manufacturing Firms: Towards an Expanding Industrial Space beyond the Pearl River Delta.” GeoJournal 76 (6): 623–639.
   Google Scholar
• Liu, W., and P. Dicken. 2006. “Transnational Corporations and ‘Obligated Embeddedness’: Foreign Direct Investment in China’s Automobile Industry.” Environment and Planning A 38 (7): 1229–1247.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mayer, F., and J. Pickles. 2013. “Re-embedding the Market: Global Apparel Value Chains and Decent Work.” Toward Better Work. Geneva and London: International Labour Organization and Palgrave Macmillan.
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Commerce of China. 2003. “Guiding Directory in Country for China’s Investment of Textile and Apparel Processing Trade in Asia [Zai Ya Zhou Di Qu Kai Zhan Fang Zhi Fu Zhuang Jiang Gong Mao Yi Lei Tou Zi Guo Bie Zhi Dao Mu Lu]. ” Beijing: Ministry of Commerce.
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Commerce of China and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. 2004. “Guiding Directory in Country and Industry for China’s FDI [Dui Wai Tou Zi Guo Bie Chan Ye Dao Xiang Mu Lu].” Beijing: Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
   Google Scholar
• Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. 2010. “Guideline on Pushing Forward Relocation of Textile and Apparel Industry [Guan Yu Tui Jin Fang Zhi Chan Ye Zhuan Yi De Zhi Dao Yi Jian]. ” Beijing: Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 1993. China Industry Economy Statistical Yearbook 1993 [Zhong Guo Chan Ye Jing Ji Tong Ji Nian Jian 1993]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 1998. China Industry Economy Statistical Yearbook 1998 [Zhong Guo Chan Ye Jing Ji Tong Ji Nian Jian 1998]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2003. China Industry Economy Statistical Yearbook 2003 [Zhong Guo Chan Ye Jing Ji Tong Ji Nian Jian 2003]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2008a. Annual Survey of Industrial Firms 2008 [Zhong Guo Qi Ye Nian Du Jing Ji Bao Gao 2008]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2008b. China Industry Economy Statistical Yearbook 2008 [Zhong Guo Chan Ye Jing Ji Tong Ji Nian Jian 2008]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2010a China Industry Economy Statistical Yearbook 2010 [Zhong Guo Chan Ye Jing Ji Tong Ji Nian Jian 2010]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• National Bureau of Statistics of China. 2010b. China Statistical Yearbook 2010 [Zhong Guo Tong Ji Nian Jian 2010]. Beijing: China Statistics Press.
   Google Scholar
• Pickles, J., and A. Smith. 2011. “Delocalization and Persistence in the European Clothing Industry: The Reconfiguration of Trade and Production Networks.” Regional Studies 45 (2): 167–185.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pickles, J., A. Smith, M. Buček, P. Roukova, and R. Begg. 2006. “Upgrading, Changing Competitive Pressures, and Diverse Practices in the East and Central European Apparel Industry.” Environment and Planning A 38 (12): 2305–2324.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pickles, J., and J. Woods. 1989. “Taiwanese Investment in South Africa.” African Affairs 88: 507–528.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pietrobelli, C., and R. Rabellotti. 2006. “Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: In Search of an Integrated Approach.” In Upgrading to Compete: Global Value Chains, Clusters, and SMEs in Latin America, edited by C. Pietrobelli, and R. Rabellotti, 1–40. Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank.
   Google Scholar
• Ponte, S. 2002. “The ‘Latte Revolution’? Regulation, Markets and Consumption in the Global Coffee Chain.” World Development 30 (7): 1099–1122.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Porter, M.E. 1990. The Competitive Advantage of Nations. New York: Free Press.
   Google Scholar
• Schmitz, H., and P. Knorringa. 2000. “Learning from Global Buyers.” Journal of Development Studies 37: 177–205.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith, A. 2012. “The State, Institutional Frameworks and the Dynamics of Capital in Global Production Networks.” Paper presented at the sessions on “Ten Years of Global Production Network Research: Prospects and Future Directions?” Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers, New York, February 24.
   Google Scholar
• Wang, J., and L. Mei. 2009. “Dynamics of Labour-intensive Clusters in China: Relying on Low Labour Costs or Cultivating Innovation?” Geneva: ILO.
   Google Scholar
• Yang, C. 2012. “Restructuring the Export-oriented Industrialization in the Pearl River Delta, China: Institutional Evolution and Emerging Tension.” Applied Geography 32: 143–157.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yang, Z., J. Sang, and J. Wang. 2006. “Pathway to the Success of China’s Foreign Exports [Zhong Guo Wai Mao Cheng Gong Zhi Lu].” Beijing: Policy Research Department, Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China. Accessed November 27, 2009. http://zys.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/cm/200611/20061103884100.html.
   Google Scholar