Incorporating Aspects of Institutionalist Theory into GPN Analysis: The Case of Brazilian Oil
提出将历史制度主义变量融入全球生产网络分析框架，通过巴西石油案例揭示思想、国际地位等外部力量如何影响战略耦合过程，对研究全球生产网络的学者有参考价值。
The analytical tools provided by the global production network (GPN) approach may not be equal to the complexity of the strategic coupling process, as they fail to address the extra-GPN forces involved, such as temporary coalitions and geopolitics. With this in mind, the analytical framework proposed here incorporated variables from historical institutionalism (HI) into the GPN analysis, which was then applied (using documentary analysis and interviews) to the specific case of Brazil’s coupling to the oil GPN. That analysis revealed that incorporating elements from historical institutionalism into the GPN framework enriched the latter by expanding its ability to explain the strategic coupling process beyond the lead-firm-centred analysis. In the Brazilian case, it could be seen how extra-GPN forces, such as ideas and international position, played a key role in the strategic coupling process.