Este artículo explora los efectos para el conjunto de la economía que pueden tener perturbaciones en sectores específi cos, así como su proceso de transmisión a través de las tablas input-output de la economía española, en comparación con otros países europeos. En primer lugar, se...

Este artículo analiza el efecto agregado de shocks sectoriales y su propagación a través de las cadenas globales de producción. En concreto, el foco se sitúa sobre un caso en el que un mismo shock afecta de manera simultánea a una misma industria situada en diversos países. Así, nuestro...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2213

The objective of this paper is to examine value chain governance through case studies of four different certified value chains for Tanzanian tea. This paper takes a look at a traditional export commodity, tea, and discusses the implications of involvement in value-based certification schemes...

European producers of fresh vegetables are under pressure to improve their performance in order toincrease competitiveness. Innovative products and processes and competitive advantage can be gained by the creationand use of unique resources as an outcome of cooperation between producers and...

In this thesis, I argue that there are different types of first-tier subcontractors and that distinct employment systems will be seen at each of these subcontractor types. I identify four subcontractor ideal types in the form of a typology- Economic, Agile, Turn-key and Client-Specific...

There is a growing literature exploring the increasing fragmentation of production processes and the evolution of internationally-dispersed but functionally-integrated economic activities. However, most of this literature appears to neglect an important part of the story, that is the form and...

Global value chains (GVCs) are increasing during the past decade, thereby raising new policy challenges for many countries, regarding various fields, as trade, competitiveness, innovation and management of global systemic risk. Today, world economy is characterized by global value chains in...

Previous research using country or firm data has been inconclusive on the sign of the relation between domestic and foreign investment. Though several hypotheses have been formulated, the factors determining the sign of this relationship are not clearly identified yet. In this paper we explore...

La reciente disponibilidad de la base de datos EUREGIO, una tabla input-output global con desagregación regional para los países de la Unión Europea, permite investigar cómo participan las regiones en las cadenas globales de valor y de qué manera se produce la propagación de shocks a lo...