A conjunctural approach to global production networks: the case of India’s software services industry
提出一种连接性方法研究全球生产网络的形成，通过分析印度信息技术产业的案例，展示不同领域看似无关的危机如何催化网络形成，对经济地理和产业组织研究者有参考价值。
Abstract Global production networks (GPNs) are a ubiquitous mode of industrial organization. This article advances the theorization of GPN formation. By focusing on the catalytic effect of seemingly unrelated crises that occur in different fields, it demonstrates the value of a conjunctural approach. Situated crises generate a mid-level thrust toward GPN formation, spurring new inter-regional and inter-firm relations. The study makes this point by using an under-studied case: the formation of India’s information-technology (IT) industry. It melds a practice-based, actor-strategy view of network creation (GPN framework) with a focus on crisis (conjunctural analysis). Thus, strengthening both macro/structural and micro/situated approaches to GPNs and their formation.