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Understanding the drivers of international production fragmentation is an important issue for Latin American and Caribbean countries because participation in global production networks can help mitigate instability due to dependence on natural resources and can provide opportunities for further...
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This study sheds light on how Costa Rica’s insertion in global value chains occurs by examining governance patterns, the type of activities involved, and the level of underlying innovation in the selected value chain. The paper describes in detail two case studies of electronic-related...
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This study is an effort to identify the process by which firms venture into GVCs and the obstacles faced by firms once they have been immersed in it. We have focused on two particular GVCs: the aerospace GVC and the software and IT services GVC. Through the case studies, we analyzed the nature...
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by investors of particular locations for investment in manufacturing. The paper also lists out other shortcomings in the …
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-intensive processes. This could lead to carbon leakage. I provide empirical evidence whether energy price-induced offshoring occurs using …
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While there is a consensus in the literature that offshoring has a polarising effect on the skill structure of labour … demand, little is known about its impact on the capital side. In this paper, we analyse the effect of offshoring on the …, we document that offshoring reduces the relative demand for non-ICT capital, thereby also polarising the demand for …
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