The outsourcing of manufacturing and the rise of giant global contractors: A marxian approach to some recent transformations of global value chains

New Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-563

  Starosta, Guido ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capitalist competition; Electronics industry; Global value chains; Law of value; Marx

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MANUFACTURING; MARXISM; OUTSOURCING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 78649719527     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460903288197     Document Type: Article

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