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Beyond “Global Production Networks”: Australian Fashion Week's Trans‐Sectoral Synergies

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ABSTRACT When studies of industrial organisation are informed by commodity chain, actor network, or global production network theories and focus on tracing commodity flows, social networks, or a combination of the two, they can easily overlook the less routine trans‐sectoral associations that are crucial to the creation and realisation of value. This paper shifts attention to identifying the sites at which diverse specialisations meet to concentrate and amplify mutually reinforcing circuits of value. These valorisation processes are demonstrated in the case of Australian Fashion Week, an event in which multiple interests converge to synchronize different expressions of fashion ideas, actively construct fashion markets and enhance the value of a diverse range of fashionable commodities. Conceptualising these interconnected industries as components of a trans‐sectoral fashion complex has implications for understanding regional development, world cities, production location, and the manner in which production systems “touch down” in different places.

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  • Sally Weller, 2008. "Beyond “Global Production Networks”: Australian Fashion Week's Trans‐Sectoral Synergies," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 39(1), pages 104-122, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:growch:v:39:y:2008:i:1:p:104-122
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00407.x
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    1. van Tuijl, E. & Dittrich, K., 2015. "Events as spaces for upgrading," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2014-013-LIS, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    2. Vicki Crinis, 2012. "Global Commodity Chains in Crisis : The Garment Industry in Malaysia," Institutions and Economies (formerly known as International Journal of Institutions and Economies), Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya, vol. 4(3), pages 61-82, October.
    3. Sally Weller, 2013. "Consuming the City: Public Fashion Festivals and the Participatory Economies of Urban Spaces in Melbourne, Australia," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 50(14), pages 2853-2868, November.
    4. Winifred Curran, 2010. "In Defense of Old Industrial Spaces: Manufacturing, Creativity and Innovation in Williamsburg, Brooklyn," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(4), pages 871-885, December.
    5. Deborah Leslie & Shauna Brail & Mia Hunt, 2014. "Crafting an Antidote to Fast Fashion: The Case of Toronto's Independent Fashion Design Sector," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 45(2), pages 222-239, June.

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