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Item Open Access Global Value Chain-Oriented Industrial Policy: The Role of Emerging Economies(Global Value Chains in a Changing World, 2013) Gereffi, G; Sturgeon, TItem Open Access Making the Global Supply Base(The Market Makers: How Retailers Are Reshaping the Global Economy, 2011) Sturgeon, T; Humphrey, J; Gereffi, GItem Open Access O Brasil nas cadeias globais de valor: implicações para a política industrial e de comércio [“Brazil in Global Value Chains: Implications for Industrial Policy and Trade”](Revista Brasileira de Comércio Exterior, 2013) Sturgeon, T; Gereffi, G; Guinn, A; Zylberberg, EItem Open Access The Philippines in the Automotive Global Value Chain(2016-05-20) Sturgeon, T; Daly, J; Frederick, S; Bamber, P; Gereffi, GThis 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.Item Open Access The Philippines in the Automotive Global Value Chain(2016-05-20) Sturgeon, T; Daly, J; Frederick, S; Bamber, P; Gereffi, GItem Open Access Value chains, networks and clusters: Reframing the global automotive industry(Journal of Economic Geography, 2008-05-01) Sturgeon, T; Biesebroeck, JV; Gereffi, GIn this article, we apply global value chain (GVC) analysis to recent trends in the global automotive industry, with special attention paid to the case of North America. We use the three main elements of the GVC framework-firm-level chain governance, power and institutions-to highlight some of the defining characteristics of this important industry. First, national political institutions create pressure for local content, which drives production close to end markets, where it tends to be organized nationally or regionally. Second, in terms of GVC governance, rising product complexity combined with low codifiability and a paucity of industry-level standards has driven buyer-supplier linkages toward the relational form, a governance mode that is more compatible with Japanese than American supplier relations. The outsourcing boom of the 1990s exacerbated this situation. As work shifted to the supply base, lead firms and suppliers were forced to develop relational linkages to support the exchange of complex uncodified information and tacit knowledge. Finally, the small number of hugely powerful lead firms that drive the automotive industry helps to explain why it has been so difficult to develop and set the industry-level standards that could underpin a more loosely articulated spatial architecture. This case study underlines the need for an open, scalable approach to the study of global industries. © The Author (2008). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.