In this report, I use the organizing device of the A–Z to present a critical review of recent work
under the banner of global production networks (GPN). The report positions GPN analysis in …

Understanding and conceptualizing the complexities of the contemporary global economy is
a challenging but vitally important task. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of …

Work on clusters during the last few decades convincingly demonstrates enhanced
opportunities for local growth and entrepreneurship, but external upstream knowledge …

Cities, initially a product of the manufacturing era, have been thoroughly remade in the
image of consumer society. Competitive spending among affluent households has …

The creative and cultural industries form an important part of many urban economies, and
the fashion industries are one of the exemplar creative industries. Because fashion is based …

This article examines the international book fair as a tournament of values and its role in the
global publishing industry; in particular its relation to the publishing cycle, chain, and field. It …

Bathelt H. and Gibson R. Learning in 'organized anarchies': the nature of technological
search processes at trade fairs, Regional Studies. Trade fairs have become an important …

The aim of this paper is to question the normative interpretations of resilience as they apply
to the local cultural economy. The paper has three sections, the first sets out the received …

Global Production Networks (GPNs) offer the possibility of a nuanced and encompassing
account of how value is created and distributed in productive systems that span the globe …

This article argues that the flexibility, creativity, and innovation deemed to be hallmarks of
the new 'creative'economy are also present in more traditional manufacturing enclaves …