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Director Gary Gereffi, research team leaders and staff present CGGC research findings in conferences and public forums, addressing topics such as international development, the global knowledge economy, clean energy, and U.S. competitiveness. CGGC and its partners also sponsor such events, drawing on scholars and researchers from around the globe.
National Competitiveness, Scalability of International Value Chains and Location of Production
April 16-17, 2013 | Washington, DC, | Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) 1750 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC
European Central Bank | CompNet | Peterson Institute for International Economics | World BankGlobal Value Chains (GVCs) have grown substantially due to the increased supply of cheap labor, growing domestic markets in developing economies, and reductions in economic barriers to international trade and transportation costs. Recently, however, GVCs have undergone dramatic changes as companies seek to improve performance in their product life-cycles, unlock untapped value, and grow in a sustainable manner. New important determinants of value chain location are emerging, such as the advantages of manufacturing proximity to demand, the importance of integrated regional markets, and the increasing competitiveness of the North. The latter is driven by the so-called "digital energy revolution", which is making US energy costs among the lowest worldwide. This conference will explore the domestic policy options for countries with different levels of income and economic endowment to attract investment and host segments of 21st century value chains in a durable and profitable way.
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Read More Workshop on Governance in a “GVC” World
April 11-13, 2013 | Durham, NC | Duke University, Social Science Research Institute, Erwin Mill Building, Bay A, Room A103
The workshop involves a number of prominent global value chain researchers and a variety of other local scholars on the theme of "Governance in a Global Value Chain World." The workshop is being supported by the Center for International Studies (CIS) at Duke, and it is part of the Globalization, Governance and Development (GGD) seminar that Giovanni Zanalda and Gary Gereffi are co-organizing for CIS this year.View Event PhotosView Background PapersView Agenda
View Participant Biographies Conference: Technology Innovation and the Coal Value Chain
March 27, 2013 | Washington, D.C. | the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
On March 27, Duke University and Bank of America will host the conference “Technology Innovation and the Coal Value Chain” in Washington, D.C. The conference will explore the role of coal in the U.S. energy future.
It will feature discussions on the state of the coal value chain, technologies on the horizon that may have the potential to address the environmental impacts of coal use, and options for public policy to spur deployment of innovative coal technologies. The agenda includes presentations by individuals from the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Bank of America, Duke Energy, American Electric Power, Carnegie Mellon, the Duke Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Alstom, Clean Air Task Force and others. Cheryl Martin, deputy director of the Advance Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), will deliver the keynote address.
The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill. It is free and open to the public, but space is limited.
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CGGC Nicaragua Delegation Meeting
March 20, 2013 | Durham, NC | Duke University
On March 20, 2013, a delegation from Nicaragua led by General Alvaro Baltodano, Presidential Delegate for Investment, Promotion and Foreign Trade, met with Stacey Frederick, Research Scientist, Karina Fernandez-Stark, Senior Research Analyst and Mike Hensen, Assistant Director, all of the Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC), an SSRI affiliate, to follow up on a 2010 CGGC research project led my CGGC Director and Duke Professor of Sociology Gary Gereffi on improving the competitiveness of Nicaragua's textiles and apparel industry. This study, co-authored by Gereffi and Duke alumnus and current University of Colorado faculty member Jennifer Bair and a team of CGGC staff researchers, led the research team to Nicaragua in the fall of 2010 to interview textile and apparel companies, and government officials involved in trade promotion in this sector. The recent visit to Duke, facilitated by Ambassador Michael Samuels, President of Samuels International Affiliates who was further accompanied by Ms. Kimberly Glas, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles and Apparel in the US Department of Commerce, was to discuss possible future CGGC research targeted at identifying new growth strategies for Nicaragua in textiles, including attracting foreign direct investment in Nicaragua, that would increase national employment and improve Nicaragua's overall global market share in this industry.View Agenda
View Media Life Sciences Forum
March 18 -20, 2013 | San Jose | Costa Rica
More than 400 leading company representatives from the medical industry, providers and international experts gathered from the United States, Puerto Rico, Italy and Latin America. Topics of great interest for the Life Sciences sector.
The consolidation of Costa Rica´s positioning as one of the leading countries to foster high technology companies in the industry.
Renowned international speakers: Dr. David Albert , Founder and General Director of Alivecor; Matt Szuhaj, Director of Deloitte Consulting LLP; Sheila Hemeon-Heyer – President of Heyer Regulatory Solutions;Scott Nelson, founder of Medsider.com ; Art Erdman, Director of Medical Devices Center at the University of Minnesota; Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center of Globalization, Governance, & Competitiveness at Duke University; and Charles Sidebottom, Director of Corporate Standards, Medtronic.
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View Media & Presentations Understanding Financial Crises: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Responses
February 14, 2013 | Durham, NC | John Hope Franklin Center, Room 240, 2204 Erwin Road
The University Seminar on Globalization, Governance & Development with Stijn Claessens,
International Monetary FundProfessor Claessen's background reading paper will be available here.
Seminar Faculty Chairs: Professors Gary Gereffi and Giovanni Zanalda.
Series sponsors: Duke University Center for International Studies with funding or support from the U.S. Department of Education and the Office of the Vice Provost for Global Strategy and Programs. For more information: dan.smith@duke.edu
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More Information Assessment of Trends Affecting the Coal Industry and Utilities
July 17, 2012 | Washington, DC | Room 562, Dirksen Senate Office Building
Duke University researchers will provide an overview of the current state of the coal industry and will provide an analysis of each trend. Representatives from affected companies will then provide examples of how these trends are playing out on the ground, how they are responding, and what technology and policy pathways would allow coal to remain an affordable energy resource while also addressing environmental impacts.
Keywords: coal, U.S. Congress, Bank of America, Nicholas Institute and Nicholas School of the Environment. Briefing Agenda
The Coal Value Chain: Exploring Policy Options for Technological Advancement
April 30, 2012 | Washington, DC | 1201 New York Ave (Suite 1110)
This meeting is the first in a multi-stakeholder dialogue focusing on technology and policy pathways that would allow coal to remain an affordable energy resource while also addressing environmental impacts. This initial meeting will look at (1) the economic and distributional impacts of recent trends on the coal industry; (2) technological advancements that would reduce coal's environmental footprint; and (3) policy options for promoting the development and deployment of advanced coal technologies in the current political and economic climate.Agenda
Bus Rapid Transit in the United States: Building a Business Constituency
March 7-8, 2012 | Durham | Thomas Center, Duke University
A one-day working meeting to focus on how to build a BRT “industry” as an assertive constituency, similar to those for light rail and high-speed rail. Invited participants will include industry representatives in bus manufacturing, intelligent transportation systems, fare collection, consulting, design, and system operations; finance experts; FTA representatives; and leading BRT advocates and researchers.More InfoThomas Center
SKILLS FOR UPGRADING: Workforce Development and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries
November 17, 2011 | Washington, DC | Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center
RTI International, the Duke University Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (Duke CGGC), and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) held a workshop to launch a new study on "Skills for Upgrading: Workforce Development and Global Value Chain Upgrading in Developing Countries." This research project examines workforce development strategies in developing countries in the context of the shifting upgrading dynamics of global value chains. Funded by RTI International and carried out by Duke CGGC, this research addresses policymakers, donors and development practitioners to improve our understanding of how workforce development strategies can enhance the upgrading efforts and competitiveness of developing countries in global industries.Workshop InformationAgenda
Biographies Global Value Chain Analysis in the Ocean Technology Sector
October 20, 2011 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
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View Presentations Analyzing Global Value Chains: Canada’s Trade and Nova Scotia’s Ocean Technology sector
June 8, 2011 | Halifax, Nova Scotia
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View Presentations Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference 2011
February 8-10, 2011 | Washington, DC
The 2011 Conference held in February 2011 was dedicated to transforming our ideas into action and building a revitalized, green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming and preserves America's economic and environmental security. CGGC's Gary Gereffi and Marcy Lowe made the following presentations.View Presentations
Capturing the Energy Efficiency Opportunity Workshop
September 17, 2010 | Durham, NC
Duke University and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) hosted an interactive workshop, facilitated by Duke faculty and staff with Climate Corps alumni and their host companies, to distill lessons learned from three years of work on ways companies can make their manufacturing and other corporate processes more efficient and reduce carbon emissions.More Info
U.S. Passenger and Transit Rail Equipment Manufacture: Final Data
June 23, 2010 | Washington, DC
Transportation Manufacturing Action Plan Task Force Meeting. Convened by The Apollo Alliance. Presentation by Marcy Lowe.View Presentation
Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference 2010
May 4, 2010 | Washington, DC
The 2010 Conference held in May in Washington, D.C. was dedicated to transforming our ideas into action and building a revitalized, green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming and preserves America’s economic and environmental security. CGGC Director Gary Gereffi and Senior Research Analyst Marcy Lowe were panel participants.View Passenger and Transit Rail Vehicles Presentation
View Identifying Clean Energy Jobs Presentation Environmental and Energy Study Institute Capitol Hill Briefing
January 14, 2010 | Washington, DC
Marcy Lowe attended and participated in this Capitol Hill briefing organized by the Environmental and Energy Study Institute on the job creation and economic development impacts of public transportation. Marcy spoke about the manufacturing job impacts of U.S. investment in public transportation.View WebsiteView Presentations
Duke-VIU 2009 International Summer Research Workshop
July 5-10, 2009 | Durham, NC | Duke University
CGGC, together with Venice International University’s Center for Studies on Technologies in Distributed Intelligence Systems (TeDIS) hosted the 2009 International Summer Research Workshop around the theme of "Economic, Social and Environmental Restructuring in Global Value Chains". More Information
The Offshore Services Industry: A New Opportunity for Latin America (La Industria de Servicios Offshoring: Una Oportunidad para América Latina)
October 21-23, 2009 | Cancún
Gary Gereffi, Mario Castillo and Karina Fernandez-Stark presented the paper "La Industria de Servicios Offshoring: Una oportunidad para America Latina" in the annual REDIBERO meeting, with the title, "La Promoción del Comercio y la Inversión en Iberoamérica ¿Podemos avanzar hacia la promoción regional?"Presentation (in Spanish)
IADB Policy Brief Hybrid Day on the Hill
June 11, 2009 | Washington, DC
A high-tech truck convoy pulled up at Capitol Hill to showcase the emergence of fuel-and-emissions-saving hybrid technology for the nation's biggest vehicles. The event, organized by clean transportation group CALSTART, unveiled a new CGGC study that highlights jobs created in truck manufacturing as well as other areas crucial to building the green economy: advanced energy storage, power electronics and control systems. Marcy Lowe was invited to speak at this Capitol Hill briefing kick-off.View Article
View Presentation Vivek Wadhwa speaks at Innovate New York: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship
April 1, 2009 | New York, NY | The LEVIN Institute
This is the first event in the Innovate New York series of panel discussions that will explore why New York is not widely known as a hub of innovation, despite its acknowledged leadership in many fields. Examining the role of innovation across fields from finance to arts and culture, this series will convene leaders in science, technology, finance, and business with the public to discuss New York's strengths, opportunities and challenges.More Info
Vivek Wadhwa to talk at the National Economics Club
February 5, 2009 | Washington, DC | 618 H Street NW
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Good Jobs, Green Jobs Conference 2009
February 5, 2009 | Washington, DC
The February 2009 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference was organized by the Blue Green Alliance to develop partnerships between labor and environmental groups to expand job potential in the green economy. The 2,500-participant conference included a breakout panel highlighting the CGGC report Manufacturing Climate Solutions.View Media & Presentations
Global Services Offshoring: Trends and Impact in Latin America and the Caribbean
November 18, 2008 | Santiago, Chile
CGGC Director Gary Gereffi gives the keynote address at the ECLAC (English acronym for United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America) Seminar: “Offshore Corporate Services in Latin America and the Caribbean.”View Presentation
Seminar Agenda Website Duke-VIU 2008 International Summer Research Workshop
July 13-18, 2008 | Venice | Venice International University
Duke University's Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC), together with Venice International University's Center for Studies on Technologies in Distributed Intelligence Systems (TeDIS), are pleased to announce the expansion of their ongoing collaboration by developing a new International Summer Research Workshop.More Information
Technological Innovation and Economic Gain in Global Production Networks: A Strategic Development Perspective
March 6-7, 2008 | Mexico City, Mexico | El Colegio de México and La Universidad Nacional Autónoma
CGGC Director Gary Gereffi takes part in two different conference panels dealing with the appropriation of gain within global production networks.More Information
Global Value Chains, Industrial Upgrading and Jobs in Large Emerging Economies: A Comparison of China, India, and Mexico
February 21, 2008 | Washington, D.C. | USAID Microenterprise Development Office Breakfast Seminar Series
Dr. Gary Gereffi presented “Global Value Chains, Industrial Upgrading and Jobs in Large Emerging Economies: A Comparison of China, India, and Mexico." The seminar was the 28th installment of the Linking Small Firms to Competitiveness Strategies Breakfast Seminar Series sponsored by the USAID Microenterprise Development office. Presentation Slides
ScreencastInterview Science and Technology from a Global Perspective
Feb 17, 2008 | Boston, MA | Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
This year’s AAAS meeting will emphasize the power of science, technology and education to assist less-developed segments of world society, to improve partnerships among already-developed countries, and to spur knowledge-driven transformations across a host of fields. Center Director Gary Gereffi will join colleagues from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Venice International University in a symposium on Sunday, February 17, entitled, “Global Diffusion of Nanotechnology: Lessons from China, Italy and the United States.”View Meeting WebsiteView Presentation
Just Supply Chains Workshop - "Monitoring...And Beyond?"
January 11-12, 2008 | Cambridge, MA | MIT
Program on Global Justice, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, MIT.View Workshop Program
The Domestic Technological Content of China's Exports (Lecture)
January 22, 2008 | Durham, NC | Duke University, SSRI, Erwin Mill Bldg, Room A103
Professor Yang Yao, Director of the China Center for Economic Research Peking University, gave a lecture at SSRI on China's exports in January 2008. A link to the background paper for this lecture is provided.View Paper
International Workshop: Global Production Networks and Decent Work: Recent Experience in India and Global Trends
November 18-20, 2007 | Bangalore, India
Organized by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), International Institute of Labour Studies (IILS), and Institute for Human Development (IHD) in association with Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore.View Program
Visualizing North Carolina in the Global Economy Open House
October 16, 2007 12:00-1:30 p.m. | Durham, NC | Duke University, Erwin Mill Building, A103
This 'Open House' is to recognize the conclusion of the first phase of work on updating and upgrading the CGGC's website on North Carolina in the Global Economy with new data to bring this site to its 2007 version, utilizing new visualization tools for the display of the data made possible by collaboration with Duke's Center for Instructional Technology.U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on North Carolina's Economy
September 6, 2007 | Chapel Hill, NC | University of North Carolina
CGGC Director Gary Gereffi offers key testimony on how trade with China has affected North Carolina's economy.View Website
The New Logic of Offshoring Innovation & Engineering: What Works and What Doesn't
June 19, 2007 | New York City, NY | Mandarin Oriental Hotel
A 'Chief Executive Roundtable' organized by Chief Executive Magazine; CGGC Director Gary Gereffi participates in discussion.More Info
America's Competitiveness Forum
June 11-12, 2007 | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta Marriott Marquis
This forum provided a venue for government ministers from the Western Hemisphere to gather with leaders from the private sector, academia and NGO's to explore ideas and best practices on competitiveness.View Forum Agenda
IILS-CALSS Workshop to Explore Research Collaboration
April 26-27, 2007 | Beijing, People's Republic of China | Beijing Continental Grand Hotel
A workshop gathering Chinese and international scholars and labor specialists to explore collaborative research.Workshop Program
Delocalisation of Labour Intensive Industries
April 12-14, 2007 | Krakow, Poland | Jagiellonian University
An international conference dealing with globalization and competitiveness issues.View Presentation
Education, Entrepreneurship, and Immigration: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part II
June 11, 2007
Skilled immigrants have achieved great success in starting engineering and technology companies in the United States, and they contribute significantly to the country's economic growth over time. This paper seeks to understand the educational backgrounds and career trajectories of immigrant entrepreneurs, as well as to identify lessons for enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. The research confirms that advanced education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics is correlated with high rates of entrepreneurship and innovation. View Paper
Nanotechnology and the Emerging Global Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities in an International Context
March 29-30, 2007 | Durham, NC | Duke University
A mini-conference on diverse elements of the global economy touching on nanotechnology research projects, the supply and demand for engineers and scientists and other related topics. This meeting will involve selected international scholars and industry representatives, North Carolina nanotechnology firms and regional policy makers.View Conference Agenda
A Duke Conversation
February 8, 2007
Gary Gereffi speaks at this event to talk about the important issues that are shaping our lives today.Presentation
Website IILS Research Conference: Decent Work, Social Policy and Development
Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2006 | Geneva, Switzerland | ILO Headquarters
A conference of international scholars to discuss the labor issues raised by the rise of global production networks.Agenda
Conference Website 2006 Community College Symposium: The Global Economy
November 15-16, 2006 | Chapel Hill, NC | The Friday Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
A symposium for community college educators. Dr. Gary Gereffi will speak on "North Carolina and the Global Economy."Agenda
Presentation GVC Workshop: Industrial Upgrading, Offshore Production, and Labor
November 9-10, 2006 | Durham, NC | Erwin Mill Building, Duke University
Two-day workshop. Not open to the public.Website
The Offshoring of Engineering
October 24, 2006 | Washington, DC | National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
This National Academy of Engineering workshop will examine offshoring of engineering and its implications for the U.S. economy, and features presentations by industry and academic engineering leaders, including IEEE-USA President Ralph Wyndrum.Agenda
Paper Duke Campus Club Talk
October 24, 2006 | Durham, NC | Duke Campus Club, Duke University
Dr. Gary Gereffi will present a talk titled "North Carolina in the Global Economy: How to compete with and learn from China, Mexico and Italy in the 21st century."WebsitePresentation
Celebrating the Synergy between Academia and Industry
September 7-8, 2006 | East Lansing, MI | Michigan State University
An international symposium to explore models for technological upgrading and economic development.Program
SASE 2006: Constituting Globalisation: Actors, Arenas and Outcomes
June 30 - July 2, 2006 | Germany | IAAEG, University of Trier, Germany
18th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics.Website
NCACPA Small Business Forum
June 22, 2006 | Chapel Hill, NC | Sheraton Hotel
Dr. Gary Gereffi will present a talk titled "North Carolina in the Global Economy: New Strategies to Compete in Traditional and Modern Industries"WebsitePaper
Slide Show Building Business Ties Between North Carolina and Baja California, Mexico
June 5, 2006 | Raleigh, NC | NC State College of Textiles
Learn more about a trip to Tijuana in October 2006, sponsored by Duke and UNC.Proposal
Jorge Carrillo Talk Saul De Los Santos Talk Nancy Powell Talk Expand Your Network in China
May 25, 2006 | Cary, NC
The Raleigh Export Assistance Center has organized an introduction of the AmCham Shanghai to help NC businesses prepare realistic business strategies for doing business in China.
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Observing Trade: Revealing International Trade Networks and Their Impacts
March 9, 2006 | Princeton, NJ
This conference will focus on the analysis and interpretation of trade data and related issues, examining how we conceptualize and measure trade, explore underlying constraints of trade patterns, and investigate certain instructive, specific case studies to illuminate influences on and impacts of trade patterns.Presentation
The Fiber-Textile-Apparel Value Chain: Mexico and China Compared
March 6, 2006 | Naciones Unidas, Mexico
First Forum on "Opportunities in the Economic and Trade Relationship Between China and Mexico in a Latin American Context".Presentation
Program Agenda Local Entrepreneurial Systems in the Global Economy
February 7-17, 2006 | Venice, Italy
Training program for professionals from Latin America: Participants at a two-week UNIDO training program in Italy on "Local Entrepreneurial Systems in the Global Economy" left the course reassured that Latin American companies operating in local entrepreneural systems still have good prospects for a global role.Website
VIU-CGGC Global Value Chains Training
February 6-17, 2006
The CGGC, in concert with Venice International University, is planning a joint research and training program, linking VIU's work on Italian industrial districts and the CGGC's work on global value chains.Website
Global Supply Chains Conference
February 15-16, 2006 | Ottawa, Canada
This two-day Global Supply Chains Conference examined the growth of global supply chains, their use by Canadian corporations, and their implications for policy development.Agenda
Presentation Paper Article ILO Nobel Peace Prize Social Policy Lectures & Symposium
December 5-7, 2005 | Kingston, Jamaica
This three-day symposium and lecture series, held every other year, focused on globalization and governance, and the rise of global outsourcing.Agenda
Lecture WebsiteLectures Book Global Outsourcing: Threat or Necessity for U.S. Competitiveness
April 13, 2004 | Durham, NC | Duke University
To promote broader dialogue on this issue at Duke and elsewhere, we have put together a panel that consists of academics, industry representatives and policy makers to unravel the complex dynamics behind global outsourcing.Website