Abstract Der Beitrag thematisiert die Strukturen und Entwicklungsdynamiken industrieller Einfacharbeit und vertritt entgegen anderslautender Diagnosen die These, dass diese kein Auslaufmodell in der Wissensgesellschaft ist. Auf der Basis empirischer Befunde wird gezeigt, dass von einem stabilen...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is twofold. The first is to examine in detail energy efficiency performance of German and Colombian food industries. The second is to explain the factors that have influenced energy efficiency. Design/methodology/approach – Using data at the three‐digit...

In consumer goods distribution, cooperative strategies are increasingly being used with respect to logistics and marketing within the context of efficient consumer response (ECR) between manufacturers and retailing organisations. In practice, with the aid of an explorative factor analysis four...

Purpose Domestic demand for walnuts has been on the rise for the last decades. Consumption outstrips domestic production capacities, which led to increasing prices until recently. Small-scale farmers are at the centre of walnut tree planting and walnut collection efforts. Farmers are now...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how three key dimensions of a firm’s offshoring portfolio – location diversity, functional diversity and governance mode – affect the financial and innovation outcomes of offshoring. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigate the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to answer for questions regarding vertical specialization in the Korea’s key exporting industries, such as the changing pattern toward VS or VS1 and the changing trend in the location of slicing up the value chain in these industries....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the importance of establishing global value chains (GVCs) through the liberalization of trade in services, with the Republic of Korea comprising part of these value chains. Design/methodology/approach The construction of a database has revealed...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the global value chain (GVC) approach to understand the relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and the changing patterns of global trade, investment and production, and its impact on economic and social upgrading. It aims to...