been developed in industrialized countries and can simply be adopted, a process often referred to as industrial upgrading …-level empirical research on the determinants of upgrading in developing countries. The first part focuses on how to define and measure … various dimensions of upgrading - learning, quality upgrading, technology adoption, and product innovation. The second part …

The article links upgrading in the global value chains with the triple helix concept by focusing on business … upgrading? Data on four different case studies in Lithuania is analysed to answer this question. Results indicate that building …-value foreign direct investment and facilitate intersectoral and functional global value chain upgrading. Furthermore, besides …