Background Documents

Blackwell

• Globalization and the American Labor Movement
• Labor Perspectives on Economic Integration and Binational Relations

Dossani and Kenney

The Next Wave of Globalization? Exploring the Relocation of Service Provision in India

Gereffi

Upgrading, Uneven Development, and Jobs in the North American Apparel Industry

Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon

The Governance of Global Value Chains

Hamilton

Demand Responsiveness and the Emergence of Capitalism in East Asia: A Reassessment of the "Asian Miracle"

Hira

• U.S. Immigration Regulations and India's Information Technology Industry
• Implications of Offshore Outsourcing

Humphrey

Commodities, Diversification, and Poverty Reduction

Jensen

Survival of the Best Fit: Exposure to Low-Wage Countries and the (Uneven) Growth of U.S. Manufacturing Plants

Kaplinsky

How Does it All Add Up? Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Kletzer

Trade-related Job Loss and Wage Insurance: A Synthetic Review

Kraemer

Knowledge Management across Firms and National Boundaries: Notebook PC Design and Development

Nelson et al. chapter

Chapter 12 on "Organizational Priorities"

Quimby

'Grow Your Own' in the New Economy? Skill-formation Challenges in the New England Optical Networking Industry

Rawski

• Recent Developments in China's Labor Economy
• Tables Part 1
• Tables Part 2

Sturgeon

Modular Production Networks: A New American Model of Industrial Organization

Tewari

The Challenge of Reform: How India’s Textile and Apparel Industry is Facing the Pressures of Liberalization

UNIDO

Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies

Weil

Compliance with the Minimum Wage: Can Government Make a Difference?