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• Workplace matters have been on the agenda of most real estate
players, especially since the outbreak of Covid-19, but
methodological support to face related issues is still missing and
however not systematised in one accessible source of information
• The research methods outlined in this book will provide support
to the growing number of researchers in the transdisciplinary field
of workplace management
This paper reexamines the concept of the "footloose industry" from
the perspective of global production networks (GPNs). Among the
players in these GPNs, contract manufacturers are believed to be
the most footloose, as they are the most sensitive to labor costs.
They constantly move around the world, chasing after low wages,
often driven by pressure exerted by dominant firms instead of
acting on their own volition. Both the willingness and the ability
of contract manufacturers to relocate are shown to depend on the
structures of the GPNs, which are deeply embedded in local
institutions, especially labor institutions. China's notebook
personal computer industry is used to illustrate the fact that
unique labor institutions in the coastal areas of China have
permanently changed the structures of GPNs in that industry,
including power relations and production organizations. These
changes have made the relocation of manufacturing activities more
difficult, and have also given contract manufacturing more power
regarding relocation decisions.
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