. Adopting new production technologies and realizing synergy effects might allow cost reduction, product innovation and product … upgrading. Even if GVCs represent a rich environment for innovation activities, the extent to which knowledge is created and … heterogeneous innovation capacities for the firms involved. Differences in the forms of governance underlying buyer …

This paper explores how value-chain governance affects the innovation performance of suppliers of intermediate products … is more conducive to innovation for suppliers, especially when these firms have medium capability levels. Conversely … intermediates and innovation performance, which indicates that technology-gap is an important mediator of learning within value …