Global value chain participation and its impact on industrial upgrading

Measuring China’s Domestic Technological Upgrading in the Global Value Chain

Less developed countries (LDCs) usually undertake technology-poor slices in the spatial hierarchy of global value chain (GVC). This paper proposes a measure for domestic technological contents (DTC) for LDCs in the GVC, and calculates the DTCs for China as a whole and Jiangsu and Guangdong provinces separately. Two findings emerge from the calculation: the DTC indexes of China and Jiangsu kept ...

identifies film value chain and its impact on sales growth

statistics and reports from the countries have strong film industry shows the impact of film industry growth, activities and services on national economics. development of this industry on the one hand providing dynamic employment and gdp growth and on the other hand influence indirectly on related industries such as the media and television, advertising, hardware and software industries, touri...

Global Value Chains , Economic Upgrading , and Gender

The role of standards in global value chains and their impact on economic and social upgrading

The Open University's repository of research publications and other research outputs The role of standards in global value chains and their impact on economic and social upgrading Other How to cite: Kaplinsky, Raphael (2010). The role of standards in global value chains and their impact on economic and social upgrading. World Bank.

Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters

The burgeoning literature on global value chains (GVCs) has recast our understanding of how industrial clusters are shaped by their ties to the international economy, but within this context, the role played by corporate social responsibility (CSR) continues to evolve. New research in the past decade allows us to better understand how CSR is linked to industrial clusters and GVCs. With geograph...