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China’s New Development Strategies Upgrading from Above and from Below in Global Value Chains
(2022-11-07) Gereffi, G; Bamber, P; Fernandez-Stark, K
This book examines China’s new development policies, which seek to reposition China from export platform for a diverse array of low-cost consumer goods to technological leader in sectors linked to advanced manufacturing, artificial ...
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Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer, 2nd Edition
(2016-07-29) Gereffi, G; Fernandez-Stark, K
The first edition of Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer was released five years ago (May 2011) in order to provide an overview of the key concepts and methodological tools used by Duke University’s Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (Duke CGGC) a university-based research center that focuses on innovative applications of the GVC framework, which was developed by Duke CGGC’s founding director, Gary Gereffi. The Second Edition of Global Value Chain Analysis: A Primer (July 2016) retains a simple, expository style and use of recent research examples in order to offer an entry point for those wishing to better understand and use the GVC framework as a tool to analyze how local actors (firms, communities, workers) are linked to and affected by major transformations in the global economy. The GVC framework focuses on structural shifts in global industries, anchored by the core concepts of governance and upgrading. This Second Edition highlights some of the refinements in these concepts, and introduces a number of new illustrations drawing from recent Duke CGGC research. The bibliography offers a sampling of the broad array of studies available on the Duke CGGC website and in related academic publications. We hope this work stimulates continued interest in and use of the GVC framework as a tool to promote more dynamic, inclusive and sustainable development outcomes for all economies and the local actors within them.
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Global Value Chains in Latin America: A Development Perspective for Upgrading
(Global Value Chains and World Trade: Prospects and Challenges for Latin America, 2014) Fernandez-Stark, K; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
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La promoción del trabajo decente en las cadenas mundiales de suministro en América Latina y el Caribe: Principales problemas, buenas prácticas, lecciones aprendidas y visión política
(2016-07-26) Gereffi, G; Bamber, P; Fernandez-Stark, K
El informe se basa en una revisión documental, aprovechando estudios existentes sobre las cadenas mundiales de suministro (CMS), para examinar sus impactos e implicaciones en el desarrollo de las empresas nacionales, su contribución a la transformación productiva y al cambio estructural y su impacto en la cantidad y calidad de empleos en el región de ALC. Sitúa la expansión de las CMS en la región dentro de un marco analítico que reconoce tanto la dimensión de mejora económica como la social, revisando los impactos sobre las empresas y los trabajadores. Se presta especial atención a los mecanismos para regular los términos y condiciones de interacción entre las empresas y entre las empresas y los trabajadores de las CMS, con el objetivo de identificar la forma de alcanzar conjuntamente los objetivos de aumentar la competitividad y promover el empleo productivo y el trabajo decente.
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Peru in the High Quality Cotton Textile and Apparel Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
(2016-01-29) Fernandez-Stark, K; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
This report analyses Peru’s participation in the high quality cotton textile and apparel global value chain. The textile and apparel sector is a key pillar of Peru’s manufacturing sector, while the high quality cotton has been cultivated for centuries in the country. The study uses the GVC framework to analyze Peruvian’s position and potential for upgrading in the industry. This report is part of a Duke CGGC study commissioned by the World Bank in 2015/16 to support the growth and productivity agenda in Peru with a focus on three important industries for the country: table grapes, mining equipment and pima cotton.
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Peru in the High Quality Cotton Textile and Apparel Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
(2016-01-20) Fernandez-Stark, K; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
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Peru in the Mining Equipment Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
(2016-01-29) Bamber, P; Fernandez-Stark, K; Gereffi, G
This report analyses Peru’s participation in the high quality cotton textile and apparel global value chain. The textile and apparel sector is a key pillar of Peru’s manufacturing sector, while the high quality cotton has been cultivated for centuries in the country. The study uses the GVC framework to analyze Peru’s position and potential for upgrading in the industry. This report is part of a Duke CGGC study commissioned by the World Bank in 2015/16 to support the growth and productivity agenda in Peru with a focus on three important industries for the country: table grapes, mining equipment and pima cotton.
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Peru in the Mining Equipment Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
(2016-01-20) Gereffi, G; Bamber, P; Fernandez-Stark, K; Gereffi, G
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Peru in the Table Grape Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
(2016-01-29) Fernandez-Stark, K; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
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Peru in the Table Grape Global Value Chain: Opportunities for Upgrading
(2016-01-20) Fernandez-Stark, K; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
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Promoting Decent Work in Global Supply Chains in Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues, Good Practices, Lessons Learned and Policy Insights
(2016-07-27) Gereffi, G; Bamber, P; Fernandez-Stark, K
The report is based on a desk-based review, drawing upon existing studies of global supply chains (GSCs) to examine their impacts and implications for the development of domestic firms, their contribution to productive transformation and structural change and their impacts on the quantity and quality of jobs in the LAC region. It situates the expansion of GSCs in the region within an analytical framework that recognizes both the economic and social upgrading dimensions and the impacts on firms and workers. Special attention is given to the mechanisms for governing the terms and conditions of engagement between firms and between firms and workers in GSCs, with the aim of identifying ways to jointly pursue the goals of raising competitiveness and of promoting productive employment and decent work.
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The offshore services value chain: upgrading trajectories in developing countries
(International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development, 2011) Fernandez-Stark, K; Bamber, P; Gereffi, G
This article analyses the offshore services industry using the global value chain approach. This industry has grown at a rapid pace over the last decade, driven principally by the search of businesses to reduce costs by unbundling and offshoring corporate services. This paper explores how developing nations have seized these growth opportunities. While developed countries consume the vast majority of global services, demand from developing economies and new end markets is beginning to grow. Supply is dominated by India, which in 2009 had 45% of the global market share for offshore services. Indian firms occupy most value chain segments and they have expanded in the South to serve both domestic and export markets. Although the quality and quantity of human capital remains the key factor in the location of offshore services, formal education is being supplemented by demand-driven training and compliance with required international professional certifications and performance standards. Copyright © 2011 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.