Browsing by Author "Daly, J"

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    The Philippines in the Automotive Global Value Chain
    (2016-05-20) Sturgeon, T; Daly, J; Frederick, S; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
    This report uses the Duke CGGC Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global automotive industry and identify opportunities for upgrading. The country’s strength in the sector is in electrical and electronic automotive components, with approximately two-thirds of its US$3.98 billion exports in 2014 falling in one of these categories. The Philippines has a particularly strong foothold in wire harnesses, exports of which increased by 129% from 2007 to 2014 to allow it to become the world’s fourth largest global exporter. The prominence of the cluster affords the country a number of upgrading opportunities moving forward. Otherwise, the relatively small size of the domestic market has constrained the development of the industry, with local companies unable to generate the economies of scale necessary to compete in an increasingly consolidated global environment.
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    The Philippines in the Automotive Global Value Chain
    (2016-05-20) Sturgeon, T; Daly, J; Frederick, S; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
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    The Philippines in the Paper Global Value Chain
    (2016-05-20) Daly, J; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
    This report uses the Duke CGGC Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global paper industry and identify opportunities for upgrading. The Philippines’ paper sector is a domestically oriented industry that provides significant indirect employment opportunities for wide swaths of workers as well as indirect exports for sectors such as electronics, food and beverage, and cosmetics. However, the country’s overall participation in the paper GVC is limited, with raw material constraints hindering export development. Abaca pulp production, a niche product category that uses the Manila hemp plant to generate specialized outputs such as tea bags and bank notes, is the country’s most dependable export, but even with the export value of abaca pulp approaching an all-time high in 2014, the overall paper industry only generated US$127 million in export revenue, 54th among 193 countries in the world.
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    The Philippines in the Paper Global Value Chain
    (2016-05-20) Daly, J; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
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    Tourism Global Value Chains and Africa
    (Tourism Global Value Chains and Africa, 2017-01-31) Daly, J; Gereffi, G
    As Africa continues to attract record numbers of international arrivals, there are industry undercurrents that influence the continent’s participation in tourism value chains. African tourism is characterized by high foreign demand, which elevates the position of global lead firms and increases leakages of tourism spending out of local economies. This paper identifies some of the variance that can be seen in different regions and countries across the continent, highlighting the policy interventions that can be implemented to increase efficiency and facilitate economic upgrading.
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    What role can coal play in the United States' energy future?
    (Electricity Journal, 2014-01-01) Ahmed, G; Abdulsamad, A; Gereffi, G; Daly, J
    A wider collaboration framework among the various value chain actors may provide a technology advancement pathway. However, for this collaboration to occur, lead coal companies need to expand their business model beyond coal mining into the downstream coal conversion business to include higher-value coal products and by-products. © 2014 Elsevier Inc.