Network economy or just a new breed of multinationals? relocation of eWork as a window to the restructuring of value chains

Call for Papers: Hierarchies of domesticity – spatial and social boundaries. Deadline for submissions is 30^th September, 2024. Full details can be read here.

Articles to be no longer than 6,000 words (excluding footnotes and bibliography) and submitted in two forms: an anonymised version in which all references to the authors’ institution and publications are omitted; and a full version including the authors’ titles and institutional affiliations. For complete instructions on style, formatting, etc., please consult: https://www.plutojournals.com/wp-content/uploads/WOLG-Instructions-for-Authors2023.pdf

scite_

Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Volume 1, Issue 2

Record: found
Abstract: found
Article: found

Is Open Access

Network economy or just a new breed of multinationals? relocation of eWork as a window to the restructuring of value chains

research-article

Author(s): Jörg Flecker

Publication date (Print): Summer 2007

Journal: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

Bookmark

Abstract

The global information economy is subject to processes of profound restructuring based on new information and communication technologies. These processes follow different logics, with centralisation within international companies playing as significant a role as decentralisation or the development of networks. This paper makes use of findings from the EMERGENCE and Asian EMERGENCE case study research into telemediated work and relocation of work to shed light on the restructuring of global companies, the dynamics of boundaries between corporations and the emerging new international division of labour in the information economy.

Content

Author and article information

Journal

Journal ID (doi): 10.13169

Journal ID (publisher-id): workorgalaboglob

Title: Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation

Publisher: Pluto Journals

ISSN (Print): 1745641X

ISSN (Electronic): 17456428

Publication date (Print): Summer 2007

Volume: 1

Issue: 2

Pages: 36-51

Article

Publisher ID: workorgalaboglob.1.2.0036

DOI: 10.13169/workorgalaboglob.1.2.0036

SO-VID: cd8c3fa9-ce18-48f3-908b-db966b1f9a9e

License:

All content is freely available without charge to users or their institutions. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission of the publisher or the author. Articles published in the journal are distributed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

History

ScienceOpen disciplines: Sociology,Labor law,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics

References

Boes, A. & M. Schwemmle (2004) Herausforderung Offshoring - Internationalisierung und Auslagerung von IT-Dienstleistungen , Düsseldorf: edition der Hans Böckler Stiftung,
Boes, A. (2005) ‘Auf dem Weg in die Sackgasse? Internationalisierung im Feld Software und IT-Services’, Boes, A. & Schwemmle, M. (eds.) Bangalore statt Böblingen? Offshoring und Internationalisierung im IT-Sektor , Hamburg: VSA:13–65
Castells, M. (1996) The Rise of the Network Society , Malden & Oxford: Blackwell
Dicken, P. (1992) Global Shift. The Internationalisation of Economic Activity , London: Paul Chapman
Dunning, J.H. (1993) The Globalization of Business: the Challenge of the 1990s , London & New York: Routledge
Flecker, J. & S. Kirschenhofer (2002) Jobs on the move: European Case Studies in relocating eWork , IES Report 386, Brighton, Institute for Employment Studies
Gereffi, G. & M. Korzeniewicz (eds.) (1994) Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism, Westport , London, Greenwood
Gereffi, G., J. Humphrey & T. Sturgeon. (2003) ‘The Governance of Global Value Chains’ Review of International Political Economy
Hagel, J. & M. Singer (2000) ‘Unbundling the corporation’, The McKinsey Quarterly , No 3: 147–156
Hendrix, U., C. Abendroth & G. Wachtler (2003) Outsourcing und Beschäftigung - Die Folgen betriebsübergreifender Kooperation für die Gestaltung der Arbeit , München: Rainer Hampp Verlag
Hermann, C. (2006) ‘Laboring in the Network’, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism , Vol. 17, No. 1: 65–76
Hirschfeld, K. (2004) ‘Moving East: Relocations of eWork from Europe to Asia’; in: U. Huws & J. Flecker J (eds) (2004) Asian EMERGENCE - The World's Back Office? IES Report 409. Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies:27–57
Huws U & S. O Regan (2001) eWork in Europe: The EMERGENCE 18-country Survey, Report 380, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies
Huws U., Flecker J. (eds) (2004) Asian EMERGENCE: The World's Back Office? IES Report 409. Brighton, Institute for Employment Studies
Huws, U. (ed.) (2003) When Work Takes Flight. Research results from the EMERGENCE project . IES Report 397, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies
Huws, U. (2006) ‘The restructuring of global value chains and the creation of a cybertariat’, in: C. May (ed) Global Corporate Power: (Re)integrating companies into International Political Economy , International Political Economy Yearbook volume 15, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006: 65–82
Huws, U, S. Dahlmann & J. Flecker (2004) Status Report on Outsourcing of ICT and Related Services in the EU , Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2004
Kogut, B. (1985) ‘Designing Global Strategies: Profiting from Operational Flexibility’, Sloan Management Review , Vol. 26: 27–38
Miozzo, M. & D. Grimshaw (2005) ‘Does EDS add value? The expansion of IT outsourcing and the nature and role of computer service firms’, DRUID conference, Copenhagen, June
Ramioul, M., U. Huws & S. Kirschenhofer (2005) Offshore outsourcing of business services , Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Rohde, G. (2003) ‘Grenzenlose Arbeit – Globale Mobilität: eine Herausforderung für Gewerkschaften und Wissenschaft’, WSI-Mitteilungen 10
Schmidt, K. D. (1996) Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in international business: A survey of recent literature , Kiel Working Paper 721, Kiel: Institute for World Economics
Schienstock, G., G. Bechmann & Frederichs, G. (1999) ‘Information Society, Work and the Generation of New Forms of Social Exclusion (SOWING) – the Theoretical Approach’, TA-Datenbank-Nachrichten 8/1: 3–48
UNCTAD (2002) Changing Dynamics of Global Computer Software and Services Industry: Implications for Developing Countries , New York & Geneva: UNCTAD
Standen, P. & J. Sinclair-Jones, J. (2004) ‘The Use of Offshore Labour by Australian Firms: Opportunities and Realities in the Global Knowledge Economy’ in U. Huws & J. Flecker (eds) Asian EMERGENCE: The Worlds Back Office? IES Report 409, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies: 58–71
UNCTAD (2004) World Investment Report 2004: the Shift towards Services , New York & Geneva: UNCTAD

Comments

Comment on this article

[1] Boes, A. & M. Schwemmle (2004) Herausforderung Offshoring - Internationalisierung und Auslagerung von IT-Dienstleistungen , Düsseldorf: edition der Hans Böckler Stiftung,

[2] Boes, A. (2005) ‘Auf dem Weg in die Sackgasse? Internationalisierung im Feld Software und IT-Services’, Boes, A. & Schwemmle, M. (eds.) Bangalore statt Böblingen? Offshoring und Internationalisierung im IT-Sektor , Hamburg: VSA:13–65

[3] Castells, M. (1996) The Rise of the Network Society , Malden & Oxford: Blackwell

[4] Dicken, P. (1992) Global Shift. The Internationalisation of Economic Activity , London: Paul Chapman

[5] Dunning, J.H. (1993) The Globalization of Business: the Challenge of the 1990s , London & New York: Routledge

[6] Flecker, J. & S. Kirschenhofer (2002) Jobs on the move: European Case Studies in relocating eWork , IES Report 386, Brighton, Institute for Employment Studies

[7] Gereffi, G. & M. Korzeniewicz (eds.) (1994) Commodity Chains and Global Capitalism, Westport , London, Greenwood

[8] Gereffi, G., J. Humphrey & T. Sturgeon. (2003) ‘The Governance of Global Value Chains’ Review of International Political Economy

[9] Hagel, J. & M. Singer (2000) ‘Unbundling the corporation’, The McKinsey Quarterly , No 3: 147–156

[10] Hendrix, U., C. Abendroth & G. Wachtler (2003) Outsourcing und Beschäftigung - Die Folgen betriebsübergreifender Kooperation für die Gestaltung der Arbeit , München: Rainer Hampp Verlag

[11] Hermann, C. (2006) ‘Laboring in the Network’, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism , Vol. 17, No. 1: 65–76

[12] Hirschfeld, K. (2004) ‘Moving East: Relocations of eWork from Europe to Asia’; in: U. Huws & J. Flecker J (eds) (2004) Asian EMERGENCE - The World's Back Office? IES Report 409. Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies:27–57

[13] Huws U & S. O Regan (2001) eWork in Europe: The EMERGENCE 18-country Survey, Report 380, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies

[14] Huws U., Flecker J. (eds) (2004) Asian EMERGENCE: The World's Back Office? IES Report 409. Brighton, Institute for Employment Studies

[15] Huws, U. (ed.) (2003) When Work Takes Flight. Research results from the EMERGENCE project . IES Report 397, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies

[16] Huws, U. (2006) ‘The restructuring of global value chains and the creation of a cybertariat’, in: C. May (ed) Global Corporate Power: (Re)integrating companies into International Political Economy , International Political Economy Yearbook volume 15, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006: 65–82

[17] Huws, U, S. Dahlmann & J. Flecker (2004) Status Report on Outsourcing of ICT and Related Services in the EU , Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2004

[18] Kogut, B. (1985) ‘Designing Global Strategies: Profiting from Operational Flexibility’, Sloan Management Review , Vol. 26: 27–38

[19] Miozzo, M. & D. Grimshaw (2005) ‘Does EDS add value? The expansion of IT outsourcing and the nature and role of computer service firms’, DRUID conference, Copenhagen, June

[20] Ramioul, M., U. Huws & S. Kirschenhofer (2005) Offshore outsourcing of business services , Dublin: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

[21] Rohde, G. (2003) ‘Grenzenlose Arbeit – Globale Mobilität: eine Herausforderung für Gewerkschaften und Wissenschaft’, WSI-Mitteilungen 10

[22] Schmidt, K. D. (1996) Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in international business: A survey of recent literature , Kiel Working Paper 721, Kiel: Institute for World Economics

[23] Schienstock, G., G. Bechmann & Frederichs, G. (1999) ‘Information Society, Work and the Generation of New Forms of Social Exclusion (SOWING) – the Theoretical Approach’, TA-Datenbank-Nachrichten 8/1: 3–48

[24] UNCTAD (2002) Changing Dynamics of Global Computer Software and Services Industry: Implications for Developing Countries , New York & Geneva: UNCTAD

[25] Standen, P. & J. Sinclair-Jones, J. (2004) ‘The Use of Offshore Labour by Australian Firms: Opportunities and Realities in the Global Knowledge Economy’ in U. Huws & J. Flecker (eds) Asian EMERGENCE: The Worlds Back Office? IES Report 409, Brighton: Institute for Employment Studies: 58–71

[26] UNCTAD (2004) World Investment Report 2004: the Shift towards Services , New York & Geneva: UNCTAD