Organizing the Global Value Chain: A Firm-Level Test

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A. OPTIMAL DIVISION OF SURPLUS: SUFFICIENT CONDITION IN THIS SECTION, we show that the function β∗(j) in equation (15) of the main text, characterizing the optimal division of surplus at stage j, indeed satisfies a sufficient condition for the associated profit-maximization problem of the firm. Our approach builds on recasting this as a dynamic programming problem. Remember that in the main tex...

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...

The impact of interwoven integration practices on supply chain value addition and firm performance

Drawing on the supply chain (SC) management literature, this article conceptualizes and empirically tests a framework that shows how both external and internal integration practices are significant and positively associated with SC value addition and firm performance. The framework also tests the impact of value addition as a reinforcing factor on firm performance. The outcome of this investiga...

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...

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