Annual Symposia
2007 University of Sussex
6th-7th June
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Postgraduate Symposium
Wednesday 6th June
Economic geographies of globalization and its impacts
The first day was devoted to short presentations by research students.
Chairs and discussants:
Mia Gray (University of Cambridge).
Adam Swain (University of Nottingham).
Session A
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Fidelma Murphy
(National University of Ireland) |
Internationally segmented labour markets and the automobile components industry – the effects of spatialisation on capital-labour labour relations in the US and Mexico (PDF 37KB). |
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Rodrigo Alegería
(London School of Economics) |
The location of MNEs in the UK: sectoraland functional agglomeration (PDF 248KB). |
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Guldem Ozatagan
(University of Sussex) |
Inter-firm relations and innovation in Global Production Networks: a comparison of Turkish and Polish auto-components clusters (PDF 160KB). |
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Paula Hamilton
(Queen Mary University of London) |
Logistics providers and production networks: a case study of DHL Exel supply chain in the automotive sector (PDF 95KB). |
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Christian Sellar
(University of Sussex) |
Towards a local model for theinternationalization of Italian firms in Eastern internationalization of Italian firms in Eastern Europe (PDF 493KB). |
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Adrian Duhalt
(University of Sussex) |
Public petrochemical industry in Mexico: economic drivers and current performance (PDF 50KB). |
Session B
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Paul Sissons
(University College London) |
The longer-term impacts of deindustrialisation in the Northumberland coalfield and the Monongahela Valley steel towns (PDF 512KB). |
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Filipe Lage de Sousa
(London School of Economics) |
Regional disparities of industry wages, transport costs and trade shocks (PDF 197KB). |
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José M. Roche Reyna
(University of Sussex) |
A multidimensional approach to social inequality and its determinants: distance and social exclusion in Venezuela (PDF 2548KB). |
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Thomas Hastings
(University of Aberdeen) |
Labour, agency and social reproduction: the case of call centres (PDF 66KB). |
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Mirela Barbu
(University of Sussex) |
Resisting the ‘Third Way’: the End of the Italian ‘Old Deal’ and possible lessons for Romania (PDF 66KB). |
Annual Symposium
Thursday 7th June
Global commodity chains, global value chains and global production networks: governance and development
Session A
Chair: Mick Dunford (University of Sussex)
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Neil Coe
(University of Manchester) |
Global Production Networks: the developing research agenda (PDF 222KB). |
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John Humphrey
(University of Sussex) |
Governance in global value chains OR governance outside of global value chains (PDF 154KB). |
Session B
Chair: Mia Gray (University of Cambridge)
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Stephanie Barrientos
(University of Sussex) |
Do workers benefit from ethical trade? Codes of labour practice in global production systems (PDF 160KB). |
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Alex Hughes
(University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne) |
Ethical consumption, global value chains, ethical consumption, global value chains, and knowledgeable spaces of responsible and knowledgeable spaces of responsible governance (PDF 215KB). |
Session C
Chair: Adam Swain (University of Nottingham).
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Adrian Smith
(Queen Mary University of London) |
Global value chains, De-localisation and the uneven upgrading of the east european clothing industry (PDF 255KB). |
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Suzy Reimer
(University of Southampton) |
Geographers and commodities (PDF 325KB). |
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