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Participation and benefits of SMEs in GVCs in Southeast Asia

Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Munro, Laura; Gourdon, Julien; … - 2019

benefits from participation are accruing to larger firms or if small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the … database and map how SMEs have been participating in GVCs. It then identifies the benefits associated with this participation … makers focus on: i) reducing trade costs that hit SMEs hardest; including tariffs, trade agreements and trade facilitation …

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Innovation (and upgrading) in the automobile industry : the case of India

Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2016

India has become one of the largest markets for small cars worldwide and has also started exporting small cars. …

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Upgrading in the Indian automobile sector : the role of lead firms

Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2018

This paper has made an attempt to identify the role of lead firms in mapping the activities related to upgrading. Upgrading refers to the process through which firms may move up the value chain. The literature identifies different types of upgrading such as product, process, functional and...

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Value addition, jobs and skills: a study of India's exports

Das, Deb Kusum; Kukreja, Prateek - 2020

Exports serve as an engine of economic growth and can potentially help countries come out of poverty and unemployment. However, as the production process is increasingly getting fragmented globally, greater exports no longer imply higher domestic production, as imports of intermediate products...

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Implications of foreign direct investment, capital formation and its structure for global value chains

Adarov, Amat; Stehrer, Robert - 2019

In the age of globalisation, international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) have become integral elements of cross-country production sharing. In this paper we empirically assess the impact of FDI, as well as capital dynamics and structure, on the formation of global value chains (GVC)...

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Contribution of trade facilitation measures to the operation of supply chains

Moïsé, Evdokia; Sorescu, Silvia - 2015

This report assesses how specific border procedures impact on the operation of supply chains and the resulting policy implications, using data from the OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) database and from the OECD-WTO database on trade-in-value-added. The assessment focusses on the impact...

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Trade, global value chains and wage-income inequality

Lopez Gonzalez, Javier; Kowalski, Przemyslaw; Achard, Pascal - 2015

The rise in global value chain (GVC) participation has coincided with significant changes in the distribution of wage income both within and across countries. This paper sets out to identify the linkages between these phenomena. It shows that GVC participation has a small effect on the...

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Trade policy implications of global value chains : case studies

Miroudot, Sébastien; Rouzet, Dorothée; Spinelli, Francesca - 2013

Taking global value chains (GVCs) into account has important implications for trade policy. When production is vertically fragmented and trade in intermediate inputs is prevalent, one has to look differently at a certain number of issues. Through case studies, this paper provides new evidence on...

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Mapping global value chains

De Backer, Koen; Miroudot, Sébastien - 2013

World trade and production are increasingly structured around “global value chains” (GVCs). The last few years have witnessed a growing number of case studies describing at the product level how production is internationally fragmented, but there is little evidence at the aggregate level on...

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Global production networks and employment : a developing country perspective

Shepherd, Ben; Stone, Susan F. - 2013

This paper provides evidence of the links between Global Value Chains (GVCs) and labour market outcomes, focusing on developing economies. The literature generally indicates that firms with international linkages—which we use here as a proxy for GVC involvement—tend to employ more workers,...

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