Abstract
There has been a growing interest in connecting production and consumption through the study of commodity chains. We identify three distinct approaches to the chain and review debates concerning the merits of a ‘vertical’ rather than a ‘horizontal’ approach. Drawing upon the example of the home furnishings commodity chain, the article highlights the importance of including horizontal factors such as gender and place alongside vertical chains. We consider geographical contingencies which underpin commodity chain dynamics, the role of space in mediating relationships across the chain and the spatialities of different products.
Keywords
Commodity chainCommodityChain (unit)Consumption (sociology)Economic geographySpace (punctuation)Horizontal and verticalProduction (economics)BusinessSupply chainIndustrial organizationEconomicsSociologyGeographyMarketingMicroeconomicsComputer scienceSocial science
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- 1999
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- article
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 401-420
- Citations
- 267
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Deborah Leslie,
Suzanne Reimer
(1999).
Spatializing commodity chains.
Progress in Human Geography
, 23
(3)
, 401-420.
https://doi.org/10.1177/030913259902300304
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- 10.1177/030913259902300304