Global Production Networks, Relational Proximity, and the Sociospatial Dynamics of Market Internationalization in Bolivia's Wood Products Sector
Global Production Networks, Relational Proximity, and the Sociospatial Dynamics of Market Internationalization in Bolivia's Wood Products Sector
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玻利维亚木制品行业的全球生产网络、关系邻近性和市场国际化的社会空间动态
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10.1080/00045608.2011.596384
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2012
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James T. Murphy
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James T. Murphy
本文通过分析玻利维亚日益增长的木制品行业企业与国际市场建立联系的相关过程，提出了全球生产网络（GPNs）的概念。大型和小型制造商都日益使其业务国际化，以响应全球对热带硬木的需求和分散对该国森林资源的控制。这些公司使用四种不同类型的生产网络和网络实践来发展国际市场联系。这些网络中的每一个都有其进入壁垒、价值创造可能性、升级策略以及影响参与者的认知、社会和文化因素。玻利维亚供应商在努力发展与国际买家或客户的关系接近性（即相互利益一致）方面所采用的策略和面临的挑战存在重要差异。这些差异——在权力、地位、社会互动和地方因素方面的作用——在生产网络之间造成了重要的不连续性，需要不同的政策干预。除了政策意义之外，这些研究结果还有助于建立关于gns中代理、权力和嵌入性的作用和动态的理论，并为经济地理学家提出了重要的认识论问题。
This article advances conceptualizations of global production networks (GPNs) through an analysis of the relational processes that firms in Bolivia's growing wood products industry use to build ties to international markets. Both large- and small-scale manufacturers are increasingly internationalizing their operations in response to the global demand for tropical hardwoods and decentralization of control over the country's forest resources. These firms use four different types of production networks and networking practices to develop international market ties. Each of these networks is distinguishable by its entry barriers, value-creation possibilities, upgrading strategies, and the cognitive, social, and cultural factors that influence who participates in them. There are important differences in the strategies used and challenges faced by Bolivian suppliers striving to develop relational proximity (i.e., a mutual alignment of interests) to international buyers or clients. These differences—in the role of power, positionality, social interactions, and local factors—create important discontinuities between the production networks that require distinct policy interventions. Beyond their policy implications, the findings contribute to theories on the role and dynamics of agency, power, and embeddedness in GPNs and raise important epistemological questions for economic geographers.