Analysing economic organization: Embedded networks and global chains compared

Economy and Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-364

  Bair, Jennifer ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Commodity chains; Embeddedness; Global value chains; Globalization; Governance; Networks

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POWER RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 48949116300     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: 14695766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140802172664     Document Type: Article

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