This paper reviews the extent to which sustainability governance has been integrated into
the literature on sustainable chains and networks. The analysis brings together four main …

This paper examines the role of state policymaking in a context of global value chains
(GVCs). While the literature acknowledges that states matter in GVCs, there is little …

The burgeoning literature on global value chains (GVCs) has recast our understanding of
how industrial clusters are shaped by their ties to the international economy, but within this …

Economic, technological, and political shifts as well as changing business strategies have
driven firms to unbundle production processes and disperse them across countries. Thanks …

Purpose Using the assumptions of the resource-based view, relational view and swift, even
flow theories and the overarching principles of supply chain management, the study aims to …

A growing body of research points to the 'Rise of the South'and the growth of South–South
trade. In this article, we consider the implications of the shifting dynamics of global trade and …

Designed to break with state‐centric approaches to understanding economic development,
global commodity chain, global value chain (GVC), and global production network (GPN) …

Manufacturers face increased cost pressures and market volatility. Product life cycles are
getting shorter. Production has to be faster and increasingly local. The acceleration of «time …

The local sourcing of intermediate products is one the main channels for foreign direct
investment (FDI) spillovers. This paper investigates whether and how participation and …

Over the last decade, the global value chain (GVC) approach, with its associated notions of
chain governance and firm upgrading, has proliferated as a mode of analysis and of …