Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research
"Jennifer Bair has brought together a very stimulating collection of theoretical and empirical essays on this highly important approach for understanding the immense changes occurring in the global economy. This should be a key book for researchers and policy-makers alike."—Peter Dicken, University of Manchester"This exciting collection moves the decade-old commodity chain research into new frontiers and insights. The masterful introduction is followed by multifaceted explorations of old and vital new areas of the global economy, from produce to electronics. The contributions are as theoretically exciting as the implications are doleful."—Charles Perrow, Yale University"[T]he book laudably represents the broad specter of research questions that can be asked and answered through chain-inspired thinking—a tribute to the free use of the chain construct with no disciplinary imperialism attached."—Niels Fold,Economic Geography