China’s increasing participation in ICT’s global value chain: A firm level analysis

Innovation, Productivity and the integration into Global Value Chain: Firm- level Evidence from China

This paper examines the effects of integration into global value chain on innovation and productivity with a firm-level panel dataset from China. Our results show that firms focusing on international collaboration in technology have a higher patenting activity than those focusing on national collaboration in technology. The innovation-enhancing effect of international collaboration in technolog...

Smallholder Global Value Chain Participation : The Role of Aggregation

Smallholder Global Value Chain Participation: The Role of Aggregation by Eva Szalkai Csaky Public Policy Studies Duke University Date:_______________________ Approved: ___________________________ Frederick Mayer, Supervisor ___________________________ Gary Gereffi _________________________ Anirudh Krishna _______________________ Phyllis Pomerantz An abstract of a dissertation submitted in parti...

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R&D, Value Chain Location and Firm Performance in the Global Electronics Industry

In today’s global electronics industry, innovation is carried out by various value chain participants, including brand-name manufacturers (sometimes called lead firms), contract manufacturers and component suppliers, but there is little understanding of who benefits most from innovation in such networks. This research examines empirically the relationship of R&D spending and location in the val...

Increasing global participation in genetics research through DNA barcoding.

DNA barcoding--the sequencing of short, standardized DNA regions for specimen identification and species discovery--has promised to facilitate rapid access to biodiversity knowledge by diverse users. Here, we advance our opinion that increased global participation in genetics research is beneficial, both to scientists and for science, and explore the premise that DNA barcoding can help to democ...