This paper focuses on the role of product sophistication in determining the permanence in international production networks. The probability of remaining in the global production chains in a changing and unstable competitive environment is expected to be higher for suppliers that provide the...

This paper focuses on the survival capacity of the trade flows in international production networks, extending the limited empirical evidence. Firstly, we emphasize that these trade relationships are longer-lived than trade in final goods. Secondly, we try to delimit the factors that explain...