Business services and the financing of global production networks : the case of global law firms in Southeast Asia

Faulconbridge, James Robert (2019) Business services and the financing of global production networks : the case of global law firms in Southeast Asia. Journal of Economic Geography, 19 (4). pp. 897-919. ISSN 1468-2702

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Abstract

Financial and business services (FABS) as intermediaries play a significant role in global production networks (GPNs). Yet the mechanisms through which they influence the activities of lead and supplier firms in GPNs have received little in-depth attention. The paper addresses this shortcoming and examines how global legal business services configure the financial discipline of transnational corporations in Southeast Asia. It documents the way FABS articulate financial imperatives and encourage the reproduction of ‘global financial architectures’. It also shows, however, that temporal dynamics and spatial specificities in the power relations between FABS and transnational corporations (TNCs) generate variegated financial configurations. Southeast Asian TNCs adopt and adapt in ways that serve their interests. This implies that the governance effects of FABS have important temporal and spatial contingencies that need to be accounted for in analyses of GPNs.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Economic Geography
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This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Economic Geography following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Faulconbridge, James R, Business services and the financing of global production networks: the case of global law firms in Southeast Asia, Journal of Economic Geography 2019 19 (4): pp 897–919 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/joeg/article/19/4/897/5280960
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? economics and econometricsgeography, planning and development ??
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129298
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Deposited On:
03 Dec 2018 11:56
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Yes
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Published
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