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Global production networks and the uneven development of regional training systems: Conceptualizing an approach and proposing a research agenda

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Teixeira, Tiago Roberto Alves
Progress in Human Geography
Journal · Vol. 46 · Issue 2 · pp. 507-526
Abstract

This article argues that the global value chains framework has a problematic approach to examining the impact of value chains on workforce development systems (WDSs), given how it is based on market relations and a firm-centric view. The paper develops an alternative approach to examine value chains’ impact on WDSs as territorially and institutionally regulated, and as part of broader dynamics of accumulation and uneven development. A research agenda is suggested, which emphasizes the “dark side” of value chains’ impact on WDSs. This article contributes to the economic geography literature concerned with value chains, including the Global Production Networks approach. © The Author(s) 2021.

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Skills Global production networks global value chains uneven development workforce development systems

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training regional development skilled labor conceptual framework labor market research work production system
Author Affiliations
Faculty of Social Sciences & Health, Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
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