John Humphrey

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors build a theoretical framework to explain governance patterns in global value chains and draw on three streams of literature, transaction costs economics, production networks, and technological capability and firm-level learning, to identify three variables that play a large role in determining how global value chain are governed and change.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that clusters are inserted into global value chains in different ways, and that this has consequences for enabling or disabling local-level upgrading efforts, and pay particular attention to the position of developing country firms selling to large, global buyers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the role of large retailers in structuring the production and processing of fresh vegetables exported from Africa, and the control over the fresh vegetables trade exercised by UK supermarkets has clear consequences for inclusion and exclusion of producers and exporters of differing types.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ a novel conceptual framework in their research on industrial clusters in Europe, Latin America and Asia and provide new perspectives and insights for researchers and policymakers alike.

TL;DR: A growing body of work analyses globalisation processes from the perspective of "value chains" as mentioned in this paper, that is, international trade in goods and services should not be seen solely, or even mainly, as a multitude of arm's-length market-based transactions but rather as systems of governance involving multinational enterprises that link firms together in a variety of sourcing and contracting arrangements.