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Connections and Competences in the Governance of the Value Chain : How Industrial Countries Maintain Their Competitive Advantage

Tattara, Giuseppe; Crestanello, Paolo - 2008

. After describing and 'quantifying' the internationalization process between Veneto and Rumania we turn to discuss the … of linkages and competences how the production internationalization process may determine a progressive weakening of the …

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The Global Wood Furniture Value Chain : What Prospects for Upgrading by Developing Countries

Kaplinsky, Raphael; Memedovic, Olga; Morris, Mike; … - 2008

Because of its resource and labour intensity, the wood furniture sector presents an opportunity for developing countries and their firms to participate effectively in the global economy. This paper begins with a brief description of the global wood furniture industry and highlights the...

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Uncovering Missing Links in Global Value Chain Research – And Implications for Corporate Social Responsibility and International Business

Serdijn, Merel; Kolk, Ans; Fransen, Luc - 2020

Purpose—Amidst burgeoning attention for global value chains (GVCs) in international business (IB), this paper identifies a clear “missing link” in this literature, and discusses implications for research and corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy-making and...

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The changed geopolitical map : implications for business policy in a sustainable finance perspective

Ghauri, Pervez N.; Oxelheim, Lars; Randøy, Trond - 2023

The relationship between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and governments has evolved over time, from a period of conflict after World War II to a more cooperative relationship in the 1970s and 1980s (Dunning, 1993). In the 1990s, many host governments sought foreign direct investments (FDIs) by...

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High-Tech Competition Puzzles : How Globalization Affects Firm Behavior and Market Structure in the Electronics Industry

Ernst, Dieter - 1999

This paper addresses two puzzles related to industrial dynamics and competition. The first of these puzzles is that a high degree of globalization may well go hand in hand with increasing concentration. I show that one of the most globalized sectors of the electronics industry, hard disk drives...

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Global Value Chains During the Great Trade Collapse : A Bullwhip Effect?

Altomonte, Carlo - 2012

This paper analyzes the performance of global value chains during the trade collapse. To do so, it exploits a unique transaction-level dataset on French firms containing information on cross-border monthly transactions matched with data on worldwide intra-firm linkages as defined by property...

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Trade and the internationalization of production

Kleinert, Jörn - 2002

Whereas many empirical studies show that the internationalization of production is driven by falling distance costs … account. The argument is based on a two-country general equilibrium model set up to study companies' internationalization …

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Strategies of Italian firms in Romania. Evidence from selected case studies

Tattara, Giuseppe; Constantin, Florentina; De Giusti, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The aim of this paper is to analyze the internationalization of Italian firms in Romania, operating in the sectors of … footwear, furniture and industrial refrigeration. After describing and quantifying the internationalization process between …

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Accounting Firms: Global Spread with Limited Transnationalization

Zimmermann, Jochen; Volckmer, Jan-Christoph - ZenTra - Center for Transnational Studies - 2012

transnationalization of accounting firms: explanations for internationalization rooted in the theory of the firm, their modes of internal … intangible assets. This limits the theories that can explain the internationalization of firms. We examine which theories are the … most promising to explain the internationalization of the Big 4. Regarding their internal structures, our empirical …

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Drivers and strategies of international new ventures from a Central European transition economy

Nowinski, Witold; Rialp, Alex - In: Journal for East European Management Studies 18 (2013) 2, pp. 191-231

This paper contributes to SME internationalization theory by offering region-specific propositions on early … internationalization of Central and Eastern European (CEE) firms. We suggest that special treatment of international new ventures from CEE … early internationalization involve domestic market entry barriers and arbitrage opportunities related to the higher …

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