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Roberta Rabellotti - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Global Value Chains meet innovation systems are there learning opportunities for developing countries
World Development, 2011Co-Authors: Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta RabellottiAbstract:This paper addresses two research questions: How do learning mechanisms operate in different types of Global Value Chains? What is the supporting role of the innovation system in GVC-driven learning and innovation processes? Empirical evidence is used from the authors' research as well as secondary sources. Given the highly differentiated reality behind the sketchy and simplistic term "developing countries," the paper focuses on a particular group of middle-income developing countries: Brazil, Taiwan and Mexico.
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Global Value Chains and technological capabilities a framework to study industrial innovation in developing countries
Oxford Development Studies, 2008Co-Authors: Andrea Morrison, Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta RabellottiAbstract:This paper presents a critical review of the Global Value chain (GVC) literature in light of the “technological capabilities” approach to innovation in less-developed countries (LDCs). Participation in GVC is beneficial for firms in LDCs, which are bound to source technology internationally. However, the issues of learning and technological efforts at the firm level remain largely hidden in the GVC literature. We propose a shift in the empirical and theoretical agenda, arguing that research should integrate the analysis of the endogenous process of technological capability development, including specific firm-level efforts, and of the mechanisms allowing knowledge to flow within and between different Global Value Chains into the GVC literature.
Carlo Pietrobelli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Global Value Chains meet innovation systems are there learning opportunities for developing countries
World Development, 2011Co-Authors: Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta RabellottiAbstract:This paper addresses two research questions: How do learning mechanisms operate in different types of Global Value Chains? What is the supporting role of the innovation system in GVC-driven learning and innovation processes? Empirical evidence is used from the authors' research as well as secondary sources. Given the highly differentiated reality behind the sketchy and simplistic term "developing countries," the paper focuses on a particular group of middle-income developing countries: Brazil, Taiwan and Mexico.
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Global Value Chains and technological capabilities a framework to study industrial innovation in developing countries
Oxford Development Studies, 2008Co-Authors: Andrea Morrison, Carlo Pietrobelli, Roberta RabellottiAbstract:This paper presents a critical review of the Global Value chain (GVC) literature in light of the “technological capabilities” approach to innovation in less-developed countries (LDCs). Participation in GVC is beneficial for firms in LDCs, which are bound to source technology internationally. However, the issues of learning and technological efforts at the firm level remain largely hidden in the GVC literature. We propose a shift in the empirical and theoretical agenda, arguing that research should integrate the analysis of the endogenous process of technological capability development, including specific firm-level efforts, and of the mechanisms allowing knowledge to flow within and between different Global Value Chains into the GVC literature.
Peter Knorringa - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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learning and upgrading of craft exporters at the interface of Global Value Chains and innovation systems
The European Journal of Development Research, 2019Co-Authors: Jan Fransen, Peter KnorringaAbstract:Firms operating at the interface of Global Value Chains (GVCs) and innovation systems (ISs) are expected to have better access to knowledge than their competitors, enabling them to learn at a faster pace. This article assesses if and how learning at the interface enables handicraft exporters in emerging economies to upgrade and deepen their capacities. Our conclusion from the analysis of three case studies is that craft exporters incrementally deepen their capacities, but only rarely upgrade. Quasi-hierarchical GVCs in combination with immature ISs are likely to lead to the selective deepening of capacities related to production processes, whereas relational GVC in combination with mature ISs may instead lead to the selective deepening of capacities related to products. The research findings also suggest that GVCs and ISs co-evolve in path-dependent processes. As a result, long periods of incrementally deepening the firms’ capacities are intertwined with occasional spurts of discrete upgrading.
Wiliiam Milberg - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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intellectual monopoly in Global Value Chains
Review of International Political Economy, 2020Co-Authors: Cedric Durand, Wiliiam MilbergAbstract:This paper analyses the role of intangibles in Global Value Chains (GVCs). We find that the intensification of the use of intangible assets within these Chains has created new sources of market pow...
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intellectual monopoly in Global Value Chains
Post-Print, 2019Co-Authors: Cedric Durand, Wiliiam MilbergAbstract:More than two decades of scholarship on Global Value Chains (GVCs) has reshaped our understanding of the Global economy while tracking the international fragmentation of productive process and its socioeconomic consequences. In this paper we focus on the effort by lead firms to capture market power in the provision of and production of intangible assets. The analysis builds on Pagano’s (2014) notion of “intellectual monopoly”, where government protections of intellectual property have the effect of locking in the monopoly power from intangible asset creation. We extend it to the presence of scale economies and network externalities associated with the production of intangible assets. (This abstract was borrowed from another version of this item.)
Gianmarco I P Ottaviano - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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rising protectionism and Global Value Chains quantifying the general equilibrium effects
2020Co-Authors: Rita Cappariello, Sebastian Francobedoya, Vanessa Gunnella, Gianmarco I P OttavianoAbstract:Quantifying the effects of trade policy in the age of 'Global Value Chains' (GVCs) requires an enhanced analytical framework that takes the observed international input-output relations in due account. However, existing quantitative general equilibrium models generally assume that industry-level bilateral final and intermediate trade shares are identical, and that the allocation of imported inputs across sectors is the same as the allocation of domestic inputs. This amounts to applying two proportionality assumptions, one at the border to split final goods and inputs, and another behind the border to allocate inputs across industries. In practice, neither assumption holds in available input-output data sets. To overcome this limitation of existing models, we consider a richer input-output structure across countries and sectors that we can match with the actual structure reported in input-output tables. This allows us to investigate the relation between the effects of changes in trade policies and GVCs. When we apply the enhanced quantitative general equilibrium model to the assessment of the effects of Brexit, we find trade and welfare losses that are substantially larger than those obtained by previous models. This is due to the close integration of UK-EU production networks and implies that denser GVCs amplify the adverse effects of protectionist trade policies.
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rising protectionism and Global Value Chains quantifying the general equilibrium effects
2020Co-Authors: Rita Cappariello, Sebastian Francobedoya, Vanessa Gunnella, Gianmarco I P OttavianoAbstract:Quantifying the effects of trade policy in the age of ’Global Value Chains’ (GVCs) requires an enhanced analytical framework that takes due account of the observed international input-output relations. However, the existing quantitative general equilibrium models generally assume that industry-level bilateral final and intermediate trade shares are identical, and that the allocation of imported inputs across sectors is the same as the allocation of domestic inputs. This means applying two proportionality assumptions, one at the border to split final goods and inputs, and another behind the border to allocate inputs across industries. In practice, neither assumption holds in the available input-output data sets. To overcome this limitation in the existing models, we consider a richer input-output structure across countries and sectors that we can match with the actual structure reported in the input-output tables. This allows us to investigate the relationship between the effects of changes in trade policies and GVCs. When we apply the enhanced quantitative general equilibrium model to the assessment of the effects of Brexit, we find trade and welfare losses that are substantially larger than those obtained by previous models. This is due to the close integration of UK-EU production networks and implies that denser GVCs amplify the adverse effects of protectionist trade policies.
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Global Value Chains during the great trade collapse a bullwhip effect
2011Co-Authors: Carlo Altomonte, Filippo Di Mauro, Gianmarco I P Ottaviano, Armando Rungi, Vincent VicardAbstract:This paper analyzes the performance of Global Value Chains during the trade collapse. To do so, it exploits a unique transaction-level dataset on French firms containing information on cross-border monthly transactions matched with data on worldwide intrafirm linkages as defined by property rights (multinational business groups, hierarchies of firms). This newly assembled dataset allows us to distinguish firm-level transactions among two alternative organizational modes of Global Value Chains: internalization of activities (intragroup trade/trade among related parties) or establishment of supply contracts (arm's length trade/trade among unrelated parties). After an overall assessment of the role of Global Value Chains during the trade collapse, we document that intra-group trade in intermediates was characterized by a faster drop followed by a faster recovery than arm's length trade. Amplified fluctuations in terms of trade elasticities by Value Chains have been referred to as the "bullwhip effect" and have been attributed to the adjustment of inventories within supply Chains. In this paper we first confirm the existence of such an effect due to trade in intermediates, and we underline the role that different organizational modes can play in driving this adjustment. JEL Classification: F23, F15, L22
