Trade in intermediate goods as one possible link between rising trade and foreign direct investment is examined. To explain growing intermediate goods trade, three hypotheses are brought forward: outsourcing, global sourcing and the increasing importance of MNE networks. These hypotheses are...

This paper investigates Greece’s involvement in GVCs using the decomposition suggested by Wang et al. (2013, 2018) and applied to the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). In general, we find that domestic value added is high in service sectors and much lower in manufacturing, in line with the...

Melanie Buchmüller befasst sich in diesem Buch mit strategischen Optionen zur Verbesserung der Wertschöpfung innerhalb eines Unternehmens, einschließlich des Risiko- und Prozessmanagements sowie der Produktmodularisierung. Die Autorin untersucht die Erfolgsfaktoren und die Prozesse für eine...