A framework for fragmentation -- Fragmentation across cones -- A communication-based model of global production fragmentation -- Offshore sourcing and production sharing in preference areas -- Some causes and consequences of fragmentation -- Just how big is global production sharing -- Globalization and fragmentation :evidence for the electronics industry in Ireland -- Foreign direct investment and international fragmentation of production -- Will Italy survive globaliztion? -- International subcontracting in the textile and clothing industry -- Joining the global economy :experience and prospects of the transition economies

1. International division of labor
2. Offshore assembly industry
3. International business enterprises
4. Globalization