Joining, Upgrading and Being Competitive in Global Value Chains: A Strategic Framework

By Olivier Cattaneo, Gary Gereffi, S. Miroudot, Daria Taglioni. 2013

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In recent years, global value chains have played an increasing role in business strategies, profoundly affecting international trade and development paradigms. Global value chains now represent a major source of socio-upgrading opportunities and a new path for development. Trade, competitiveness and development policies should be reshaped accordingly to seize these opportunities and avoid the risks associated with greater participation in global value chains. This paper provides a framework and analytical tools for measuring and improving a country's performance with respect to participation in global value chains. With a clear operational focus, it provides guidance for countries willing to join, maintain participation, and/or move up global value chains. With the ultimate objective to increase the value (the development content) for trade, it also offers strategies to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of developing countries' participation in global value chains.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management

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In Economics and Econometrics

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In Strategy and Management

1. Joonkoo Lee
2. Gary Gereffi
3. Roberta Rabellotti
4. P. Oosterveer
5. Arthur P. J. Mol
6. M. Sanfilippo
7. Vito Amendolagine
8. A. Presbitero

Citations in the corpus

• Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters (2014, background): “implications for the role of local suppliers and the likelihood of economic and social upgrading in industrial clusters (Cattaneo et al. 2013; Gereffi 2014): (1) organizational rationalization—the lead firms in these chains seek a much smaller number of big, technologically capable and strategically”
• Sustainability governance of chains and networks: a review and future outlook (2015, background): “drive changes in production practices of upstream developing country actors (Cattaneo et al., 2013; Humphrey and Schmitz, 2002; Jeppesen and Hansen, 2004).”
• Local sourcing in developing countries: The role of foreign direct investments and global value chains (2019, background): “…macroeconomic factors such as a well-functioning business and institutional climate, and an educated and skilled labor force might constitute tipping points in lead firms’ strategic decisions and might influence the way countries participate in GVCs (Antràs and Chor 2013; Cattaneo et al., 2013).”
• Making Global Value Chains Work for Development (2016, unknown): “What is the potential of GVCs to enhance the productivity of firms located in Bulgaria (domestic and foreign)? This question may be addressed by modifying the analysis by Farole and Winkler (2014) and applying it to Bulgaria.”