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SME internationalization through global value chains and free trade agreements : Malaysian evidence
Arudchelvan, Menaka; Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2015
Growing internationalization of firms in Asia through participation in global value chains (GVCs) and free trade …
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The determinants of participation in global value chains : a cross-country, firm-level analysis
Urata, Shūjirō; Baek, Youngmin - 2020
This paper attempts to identify the firm and country-related factors that determine a firm's probability of participating in global value chains (GVCs) and level of GVC participation by using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, covering 111 countries and 38,966 firms for the...
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Driving small and medium-sized enterprise participation in global value chains : evidence from India
Reddy, Ketan; Sasidharan, Subash - 2020
In this study, we examine the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in global value chains (GVCs) and highlight the role of financial constraints in shaping their participation in GVCs. We use a rich unbalanced panel of 888 SMEs for Indian manufacturing over the period...
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Services and manufacturing in global value chains : is the distinction obsolete?
Miroudot, Sébastien - 2019
Many studies discuss the "de-industrialization" or "servicification" of economies in both developed and developing countries. Such studies rely on statistics that distinguish a manufacturing from a service sector. But in the age of global value chains (GVCs), it becomes increasingly difficult to...
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Trade, global value chains, and small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand : a firm-level panel analysis
Korwatanasakul, Upalat; Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat - 2020
This study assesses the determinants of global value chain (GVC) participation and the relationship between the degree of GVC participation and firms' performance. The main estimation method for both analyses is a panel fixed-effect regression employing unique panel firm-level data from the...
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Global value chains in the Pacific island countries : patterns and structure
Upalat Korwatanasakul - 2023
This study investigates the patterns of global value chain (GVC) participation of Pacific island countries (PICs) at the country, industry, and firm levels, utilizing UNCTAD-Eora GVC data (1999-2018) and the World Bank's Enterprise Survey data (2009 and 2015). It also uses the survey data to...
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The fate of job creation in the Philippines amid the automation revolution : a firm-level analysis
Gaspar, Raymond; Harris, Nicholas - 2020
firms. These results suggest a net positive employment impact of automation, at least in the short run. The findings differ …
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Does GVC participation improve firm productivity? : a study of three developing Asian countries
Urata, Shūjirō; Baek, Youngmin - 2021
This paper examines the impact of local firms' participation in global value chains (GVCs) on productivity by considering three different patterns of GVC participation. We conducted a DID-PSM estimation involving three countries, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam, and 17 manufacturing...
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The servicification of manufacturing in Asia : redefining the sources of labor productivity
Mercer-Blackman, Valerie; Ablaza, Christine - 2018
's contribution to output, employment, and value-added trade has grown quite dramatically. The rise of services and apparent decline … of manufacturing employment have raised concerns about the future of growth given the lower labor productivity of the … manufacturing in Asia. Our contribution to the emerging literature is twofold. First, we propose a conceptual framework of …
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Different paths to economic integration in Europe and Asia
Pomfret, Richard - 2019
Europe and Asia followed very different paths to economic integration after 1945. By 2000, an economic union with free … integration agreements were absent from Asia, although countries in East and Southeast Asia were becoming linked in global value …-called WTO+ issues). The outcome will be greater economic integration in Europe and Asia of countries seeking to benefit from …
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