Abstract This paper analyzes the effect of firms engaging in global value chains (GVCs) and suffering from financial constraints on innovation. To explore this relationship, study relies firm-level data World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) for 146 countries during period between 2006 2020. The aim is to empirically link two literature strands, one GVC participation that constraints, examine the...

Technological innovation is a phenomenon that has been explored from a variety of perspectives, most prominently from the perspective of economics. Recently scholars from organizational and economic sociology have begun to explore innovation. In your view, does this research offer a coherent perspective on innovation? Of what value is an organizational and economic sociology perspective on inno...

Manufacturers around the globe are competing for the identification of innovative value propositions to survive in the competitive and complex market. This paper is intended to investigate implementation of Value Engineering (VE) technique into the product design concept for necessary changes in design of the humidifier system in order to lower unnecessary costs and to increase quality of the p...

In its first year the minitrack on Value Webs has attracted various submissions. Its intention to address Value Webs as networks of partners who collaborate within different stages of interlinked value chains enabled by ICT is the first step towards a new interdisciplinary research field. The minitrack discusses the use and impacts of emerging technologies in interlinked value chains to support...