Sources of Value-Added in V4 automotive GVCs: The Case of Transport and Storage Services and Firm Level Technology Absorption

Within V4 automotive Global Value Chains (GVCs), technologies absorbed by the corporate sector represent a significant impact on level of value-added created within economy. Sectoral and geographic targeting our research is determined export motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers produced in countries. The article’s main objective was to investigate role services provided countries GVCs with an emphasis transport storage. authors used method linear regression analysis answer two central questions. Is there synergic or spillover effect clusters creating originating logistic services? What absorption technology at firm EU27 (the most important trading partners countries) plays sector? Authors found differentiated results countries, confirming hypothesis related absorption. Implications for Central European audience: Despite high performance, suggests how increase through higher involvement (particularly industry). paper demonstrates positive importing from EU some (Slovakia, Czechia, Poland) its content gross exports. For any country, quality business environment trade (measured as absorption) lower creation, quite significantly, case but more than 15% decrease Poland, Hungary, Slovakia.