Global Value Chains – Economic and Social Upgrading (Hans Böckler Foundation)
Project managers: Prof. Dr. Christina Teipen and Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Herr.
Research assistants: Dr. Petra Dünhaupt and Fabian Mehl
Funding: Hans Böckler Foundation
Workshop Program - June 14th, 2022
About
The project investigates the effects of the restructuring of global value chains on income distribution, working conditions and trajectories of economic and social upgrading in the global North and South. It connects inter-disciplinary theory building with sectoral and national case studies, bringing together macro-economic perspectives with sociological and political economy approaches. The aim is to develop a better understanding of industry- and country-specific factors that determine economic and social upgrading in global value chains, and to assess the scope of action of governments, trade unions and civil society.
In the first phase of the project, the global value chain configurations and the prospects for economic and social upgrading in five industries (apparel, automobiles, electronics, IT services and agro-food) will be analyzed from the perspective of six emerging and developing economies (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Vietnam, South Africa). The second phase will focus on the assessment of transnational union strategies and on developing policy recommendations in the fields of labour regulation, taxation and industrial policy.
Several colleagues from the HWR Berlin as well as international researchers from the Global Labour University (GLU) network, the International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) and from other national research institutions and universities will contribute to the project.
The project is funded by the Hans Böckler Stiftung.
Related Publications
- Christina Teipen, Petra Dünhaupt, Hansjörg Herr & Fabian Mehl (Eds.) (2022). Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains – Comparative Analyses, Macroeconomic Effects, the Role of Institutions and Strategies for the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87320-2
- Christina Teipen & Fabian Mehl (2021). Die Rolle industrieller Beziehungen im Globalen Süden für soziales Upgrading in Wertschöpfungsketten. Industrielle Beziehungen. Zeitschrift für Arbeit, Organisation und Management 28(2): 120-147. https://doi.org/10.3224/indbez.v28i2.02
- Petra Dünhaupt & Hansjörg Herr (2021). Global Value Chains- a Panacea for Development? IPE Working Paper, No. 165/2021. https://www.ipe-berlin.org/fileadmin/institut-ipe/Dokumente/Working_Papers/ipe_working_paper_165__1_.pdf
- Petra Dünhaupt, Hansjörg Herr, Fabian Mehl & Christina Teipen (2021). Economic and Social Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Global Value Chains. IPE Working Paper, No. 164/2021. https://www.ipe-berlin.org/fileadmin/institut-ipe/Dokumente/Working_Papers/ipe_working_paper_164-1.pdf
- Christina Teipen, Fabian Mehl (2021). Global Value Chains and Industrial Relations in the Global South: Social Upgrading Paths in Different Industries. Journal of Labor and Society 24(1): 214–236
- Christina Teipen, Hansjörg Herr, Petra Dünhaupt and Fabian Mehl (Hrsg.) (2021). Ökonomisches und soziales Upgrading in globalen Wertschöpfungsketten. WSI-Mitteilungen 01/2021.
- Christina Teipen and Fabian Mehl (2021). Soziales Upgrading und industrielle Beziehungen im Globalen Süden. In: WSI-Mitteilungen 01/2021, 12-19. DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2021-1-12.
- Petra Dünhaupt, Hansjörg Herr (2021). Ökonomisches Upgrading in Globalen Wertschöpfungsketten - Wie viel Raum bleibt Entwicklungsländern für Industriepolitik? In: WSI-Mitteilungen 01/2021, 53-60. DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2021-1-53.
- Praveen Jha & Dinesh Kumar, India's Participation in Global Value Chains and Some Implications for Economic and Social Upgrading: A case study of the Automobile Sector, IPE Working Paper, No. 156/2021.
- Petra Dünhaupt & Hansjörg Herr (2020). Trade, Global Value Chains and Development - What Role for National Development Banks? IPE Working Paper No.143/2020.
- Petra Dünhaupt, Hansjörg Herr, Fabian Mehl & Christina Teipen (2020). Opportunities for Development through Integration in Global Value Chains? IPE Working Paper, No. 140/2020.
- Do Quynh Chi (2020). Social and Economic Upgrading in the Garment Supply Chain in Vietnam, IPE Working Paper, No. 137/2020.
- Ernesto Noronha, Premilla D`Cruz, The Indian IT industry: A global production network perspective, IPE Working Paper, No. 134/2020.
- Hansjörg Herr, Christina Teipen, Petra Dünhaupt und Fabian Mehl (2020): Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Arbeitsbedingungen in globalen Wertschöpfungsketten. In: Hans-Böckler Stiftung, Working Paper Forschungsförderung Nr. 175. (ISSN 2509-2359).
- Hansjörg Herr, Petra Dünhaupt, Global Value Chains in Economic Development, IPE Working Paper, No. 124/2019.
- Alex M. Mashilo (2019). Auto production in South Africa and components manufacturing in Gauteng Province. Global Labour University Working Paper No. 58.
- Dünhaupt, Petra, Herr, Hansjörg, Mehl, Fabian, Teipen, Christina (2019): Entwicklungschancen durch Integration in globale Wertschöpfungsketten: ein Länder- und Branchenvergleich. In: WSI-Mitteilungen 72 (6), S. 403-411.