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Name: Florence Palpacuer Position: Professor
Institution: University of Montpellier, France Department: Business
E-Mail: florence.palpacuer@univ-montp1.fr
Webpage: Link to Website
Highest Degree: PhD, University of Montpellier, France, 1996
Thesis Title: Competitive strategies, interfirm network and strategic competencies management: the case of New York Citys garment industry
Industry Specializations: Apparel, Retail, Food, Labor Market
Region Specializations: Europe
Country Specializations: France
Detailed Research Interests: Investigates changes in the organization and dynamics of GVCs in various industries under the influence of financialization and globalization strategies of major lead firms; more recently, working on the rise of transnational activist NGO networks in the clothing value chain.

 

Relevant GVC Publications

TitleJournal NameDate
From Varieties of Capitalism to Varieties of Activism: The Anti-sweatshop Movement in Comparative Perspective Social Problems 2012
Challenging Governance in Global Commodity Chains: The Case of Transnational Activist Campaigns for Better Work Conditions Chapter in edited book 2009
Comment penser l’entreprise dans la mondialisation » Introduction au dossier spécial « Chaînes Globales de Valeur Revue Française de Gestion 2009
Changing governance patterns in European food chains: the rise of a new divide between global players and regional producers Transnational Corporations 2008
Bringing the Social Context Back In: Governance and Wealth Distribution in Global Commodity Chains Economy and Society 2008
The global sourcing patterns of French clothing retailers: Determinants and implications for suppliers' industrial upgrading Environment and Planning A 2006
New Challenges for Developing Country Suppliers in Global Clothing Chains: A Comparative European Perspective World Development 2005
New York's Role in the Global Apparel Industry Chapter in edited book 2005
The Global Sourcing Networks of French Clothing Retailers: Organizational Patterns and Opportunities for Suppliers’ Industrial Upgrading DIIS/CDR Working Paper 2003
Global production and local jobs: can global enterprise networks be used as levers for local development? Global Networks 2003
Subcontracting Networks in the New York City Garment Industry: Changing Characteristics in a Global Era Chapter in edited book 2002

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