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Dannenberg, Peter, Braun, Boris ORCID: 0000-0003-3863-2153 and Kulke, Elmar (2016). The paradox of formalization and informalization in South-North value chains. ERDE, 147 (3). S. 173 - 187. BERLIN: GESELLSCHAFT ERDKUNDE BERLIN. ISSN 0013-9998

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Abstract

The internationalization of value chains and the broad proliferation of different public and private standards have led to a formalization and standardization of value chains, production systems and their constitutional actors and linkages in the Global South. Recent studies on the integration of Southern production systems in international value chains, however, show that this is only partly the case. These studies identify limits and insufficiencies of formal and standardized coordination and control systems as well as a neglect of regional peculiarities, individual aims and capabilities of the embedded stakeholders in the South by the coordinating lead firms from the North. As a result, informal actors and arrangements continue to be, and even continue to develop as, important parts of Southern production systems. With reference to the concept of informality, principal-agent theory and convention theory, this study aims to contribute to the recent conceptual debate on global value chains and global production networks in outlining the importance of informal arrangements and non-industrial conventions as well as the limits to upgrading in South-North relationships. The empirical base are case studies on export-oriented primary production systems in Kenya (horticulture), Bangladesh (shrimps) and India/Bangladesh (leather).

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Dannenberg, Peter UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Braun, Boris UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-3863-2153 UNSPECIFIED Kulke, Elmar UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-288193
DOI:	10.12854/erde-147-13
Journal or Publication Title:	ERDE
Volume:	147
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 173 - 187
Date:	2016
Publisher:	GESELLSCHAFT ERDKUNDE BERLIN
Place of Publication:	BERLIN
ISSN:	0013-9998
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences > Department of Geosciences > Institute of Geology and Mineralog
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS; KENYAN HORTICULTURE INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION NETWORKS; TRADE COORDINATION; GOVERNANCE; CONVENTIONS; STANDARDS; ORGANIZATION; PERSPECTIVE; BANGLADESH Multiple languages Geography; Geography, Physical; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28819