This paper presents the background for the investigation of TNCs activities in Vietnam, and the role of Vietnamese affiliates in the firms’ global and regional value chain. The methodology to be adopted to gather data in Vietnam is presented, together with a framework of analysis. The internationalisation of the Vietnamese economy, thanks to its liberalisation programme, is analysed with emphas...

• Fabrication sectors benefit from global value chain (GCV) participation the most. This effect for fabrication is linked to R&D-oriented GVC partners. with R&D-focused partners less developed countries. suggest knowledge spillovers across industries induced by participation. Global (GVC) has transformed many lines of business. The benefits it provides in terms greater specialization and techno...

Global value chain (GVC) participation has been identified as one of the means by which developing countries can attain inclusive growth yet little attention paid to it in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Motivated dearth studies on SSA, we investigate effect GVC for 19 SSA period 1991 2017, using system GMM estimator. The results show that drives through employment creation. We find though SSA’s fore...

Abstract Breaches of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in global value chains (GVCs) pose a managerial challenge for multinational enterprises (MNEs) and threaten both their reputations sustainability. While an MNE-centric perspective on these issues has dominated existing international business research, we show that dynamic view bargaining among actors the GVC can yield novel insights. We...