MacKinnon, D. (2012) Beyond strategic coupling: reassessing the firm-region nexus in global production networks. Journal of Economic Geography, 12(1), pp. 227-245. (doi: 10.1093/jeg/lbr009)
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Abstract
Global Production Networks (GPNs) have become a key focus of research in economic geography and related fields in recent years. This article has two main aims. First, I offer a critical appraisal of GPN research, focusing on its contribution to the rethinking of regional development processes and the notion of ‘strategic coupling’ in particular. Second, the article aims to forge a new set of links between GPNs and evolutionary economic geography (EEG), which has also attracted considerable recent interest as a framework for assessing the evolution of economic landscapes. In particular, I use evolutionary approaches and the concept of path dependence to develop a broader and deeper conception of the range of coupling, recoupling and decoupling processes that take place between regions and GPNs, going beyond strategic coupling per se.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | MacKinnon, Dr Daniel |
| Authors: | MacKinnon, D. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Economic Geography |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1468-2702 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1468-2710 |
| Published Online: | 31 May 2011 |
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