This paper explores how value-chain governance affects the innovation performance of suppliers of intermediate products. We take advantage of a unique dataset of Italian firms to identify governance regimes along suppliers’ technological capabilities and the level of explicit coordination in...

This paper analyses the aerospace industry through the lens of global value chains, linking a country position in the chain to the strength of its innovation system. The analysis covers the years 2007-2018 for 38 countries. The participation of countries to different stages of the GVC is proxied...