... can be just a first stage in exploitation through the global value chain (Carr et al., 2000 ; Mehrotra and Biggeri, 2007). The development of HW is connected to the growing phenomena of subcontracting in a national and/or international value chain. Value‐adding economic activities have...

... interviews with two major multinational motor vehicle manufacturers and from a selection of their first tier suppliers, we argue that recent changes in buyer‐supplier relationships are indicative of the emergence of new patterns of dominance and control which are being transmitted via subcontracting linkages...