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From cheap ethane to a plastic planet: Regulating an industrial global production network

Energy Research and Social Science, 2020
Although the connection between plastics and fracking may seem obscure, ethane, a gas liquid produced through natural gas fracking, is currently stimulating increases in world plastics production.
Diane M. Sicotte
exaly   +2 more sources

Global Production Networks

International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, 2009
This article positions, outlines, and evaluates an emerging body of work on global production networks (GPNs). GPNs are the globally organized networks of interconnected functions and operations of firms and nonfirm institutions through which goods and ...
N. Coe
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Strategic Planning of BMW’s Global Production Network

Interfaces, 2006
We developed a strategic-planning model to optimize BMW’s allocation of various products to global production sites over a 12-year planning horizon. It includes the supply of materials as well as the distribution of finished cars to the global markets. It determines the investments needed in the three production departments, body assembly, paint shop,
Fleischmann, Bernhard   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Community Dynamics and Controllability of G7 Global Production Network

International Conference on Signal-Image Technology and Internet-Based Systems, 2015
Yuichi Ikeda, Hideaki Aoyama
exaly   +2 more sources

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