Integration of African firms into global value chains

Global Value Chains and Africa’s Integration into the Global Economy 2.1 Global Value Chains: What They Are and How Africa Can Benefit

The Governance of Global Value Chains

This article builds a theoretical framework to help explain governance patterns in global value chains. It draws on three streams of literature – transaction costs economics, production networks, and technological capability and firm-level learning – to identify three variables that play a large role in determining how global value chains are governed and change. These are: (1) the complexity o...

Changing features of global value chains

Global and regional integration of production in the Mercosur automotive value chains: the case of Fiat

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Global Value Chains , Economic Upgrading , and Gender