International division of labor

Lim, Kean Fan (2015) International division of labor. In: International encyclopedia of geography: people, the earth, environment, and technology. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, N.J.. (In Press)

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Abstract

International division of labor refers to a conception of economic production as intrinsically transnational; of the interdependence between economic production and geographically-differentiated labor power in the first instance. ‘Old’ and ‘new’ versions of the concept abound: the ‘old’ international division refers to the Ricardian view that labor power enjoys comparative advantage based on finished products; the ‘new’ international division defines comparative advantages on the basis of tasks and processes. The new international division of labor was caused in large part by the crisis of Fordism, a process much researched by economic geographers. Empirical findings demonstrate a more complex process of transformation: the international division of labor was shaped by as much by changes in firm cultures and new politico-developmental objectives in developing countries as they were by the vertical distintegration in and relocation of production process by firms based originally in industrialized economies.

Item Type: Book Section
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/988679
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Geography
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Depositing User: Lim, Kean Fan
Date Deposited: 18 Nov 2015 13:31
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:11
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/30851

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