Developing country firms in the world economy : governance and upgrading in global value chains

By J. Humphrey, H. Schmitz. 2002

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The Blue Revolution in Asia: Upgrading and Governance in Aquaculture Value Chains (2014, unknown): “…lead firms to their suppliers (or buyers) (Gereffi, 1999; Gibbon & Ponte, 2005), sometimes in combination with horizontal interactions in clusters (Humphrey & Schmitz, 2002; 2004; Giuliani, interactions between economic and social upgrading (Barrientos, Gereffi & Rossi, 2011; Rossi, 2013) and…”
Local enterprises in the global economy : issues of governance and upgrading (2004, background): “How much is to be produced, when, and how the flow of product along the chain is to be handled (Humphrey and Schmitz 2002: 6- 7).”
Upgrading in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Latin American Clusters (2005, methodology): “Moving on to functional upgrading, it has been documented (Bazan & Navas-Aleman, 2004; Humphrey & Schmitz, 2002b; Rabellotti, 2004) that although inclusion into GVCs facilitates product and process upgrading, firms become tied into relationships that often prevent functional upgrading and leave…”
Global Value Chains and Technological Capabilities: A Framework to Study Learning and Innovation in Developing Countries (2008, methodology): “…methodology of research prevalent in each approach: internationalists privilege a macro perspective, in terms of both level of analysis and policy focus; conversely, the industrialists adopt a micro-founded framework of analysis with a policy focus oriented towards local and cluster development.”
Handbook of Innovation Systems and Developing Countries: Building Domestic Capabilities in a Global Setting (2011, background): “The focus of value chain research is on the linkages through which information and knowledge, as well as goods, fl ow among the various actors involved in the chain and on their implications for development (Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002b).”
Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies (2004, background): “The focus of value chain research is on the nature of relationships among the various actors involved in the chain, and on their implications for development (Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002b).”
Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation (2004, result): “This is consistent with the findings in the literature on industry upgrading in manufacturing value chains; see Humphrey and Schmitz (2002). a higher quality-linkage coefficient than domestic firms, and a stronger multinational presence would lead to a positive quality-linkage effect.”
Power relationships along the value chain: multinational firms, global buyers and performance of local suppliers (2008, background): “…as their 1 Other authors use ‘upgrading’ as a multidimensional measure of performance to encompass not only productivity improvements but also product improvements and growing involvement of firms in new functions and sectors (Giuliani et al., 2005; Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002A; Kaplinsky, 2000).”
Collaborate at Home to Win Abroad: How Does Access to Local Network Resources Influence Export Behavior? (2013, background): “Certifications can be a precondition for becoming a supplier for an international buyer firm (Humphrey and Schmitz 2002).”
Integrating Poverty and Environmental Concerns into Value-Chain Analysis: A Conceptual Framework (2010, unknown): “Such debates have led to efforts to refine definitions of governance in GVCs in terms of how certain actors set, measure and enforce the ‘parameters under which others in the chain operate’ (Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002).”