This article reviews the rapidly growing domain of global value chain (GVC) research by
analyzing several highly cited conceptual frameworks and then appraising GVC studies …

Abstract To address Industry 4.0, service-oriented manufacturing unifies the development
track of product development and service innovation and constructs a high-quality …

Supply-chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are of unparalleled magnitude
because of a confluence of circumstances: a sudden rise in demand for some products …

Industrial upgrading and international collaboration in production have a vital impact on
climate change globally. However, few studies have investigated the potential transmission …

The production and trade activities of global value chains (GVC) increasingly contribute to
the gross domestic product (GDP) of developing countries. However, while the development …

Global value chains (GVCs) have revolutionized production processes and many
companies no longer produce goods and services entirely in one single country or within …

The recent US–China trade conflicts cast new light on the role of trade policies in global
value chains (GVCs). Contrary to the expectation that trade restrictions lead to the shrinking …

Technological and organizational changes have been crucial in transforming the way in
which production is organized across time and space. The steam engine in the nineteenth …

The business enterprise is the prime institution in economic development and growth; yet,
until recently, mainstream economics has mostly treated firms as homogeneous black boxes …

Accelerating processes of economic globalization have fundamentally reshaped the
organization of the global economy towards much greater integration and functional …