E-commerce and Developing Country-SME Participation in Global Value Chains

Lanz, Rainer; Lundquist, Kathryn; Mansio, Grégoire; Maurer, Andreas; Teh, Robert

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“…As far as firms are concerned, e-commerce facilitates international exchanges and these may increase their sales, even if some barriers to these exchanges may appear [15,16]. The main advantage consists of increasing the number of customers and implicitly sales, because the companies are now able to sell even outside their country.…”

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Similarities and Disparities of e-Commerce in the European Union in the Post-Pandemic Period

Gogonea,

Moraru,

Bodislav

et al. 2024

JTAER

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The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in notable transformations of the commerce landscape, particularly in the realm of electronic commerce. This sector has experienced a precipitous advancement, characterized by substantial modifications of online business under-takings, encompassing both products and services. The aim of the current research was to explore the similarities and differences between European Union member states in the context of e-commerce in the post-pandemic period, taking into consideration the population’s level of education, the risk of poverty, as well as households’ access to the internet. The analysis was conducted for the year 2021, which represented the most recent year for which data were available, and was based on the application of the hierarchical cluster methodology, which included the Ward method and the Robust Tests of Equality of Means (Welch and Brown–Forsythe). Five clusters resulted, which included a minimum of three countries and a maximum of nine. The present study focused on examining the similarities and disparities within clusters, as well as among countries belonging to those clusters. These observed similarities and disparities are believed to be the outcome of various indicators that influence the realm of electronic commerce, and they are contingent upon the economic development level of each country and their ability to cope with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The information obtained in this study pertains to the future of electronic commerce in the sense of identifying premises that allow the development and application of development strategies.

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Similarities and Disparities of e-Commerce in the European Union in the Post-Pandemic Period

Gogonea,

Moraru,

Bodislav

et al. 2024

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“…Digital trade provides both new opportunities and challenges for economic development. By reducing information costs and overcoming remoteness and distance, digitalisation is argued to help small businesses in developing countries to market and distribute to -and receive payment and make pur-chases from -a variety of international buyers (Lanz et al 2018;Sandberg and Hakansson 2014;World Bank 2016). 'Developing countries, which exhibit the highest costs and biggest impediments to trade, stand to gain the most' , according to the World Bank (2020b).…”

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How Africa Trades

2023

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Trade is an essential driver of economic transformation, growth, and prosperity. At a time of global uncertainty and policy fluidity, this comprehensive volume demystifies African trade and trade policy to provide a deeper understanding of how trade impacts the lives of all Africans and the continent’s development aspirations. Featuring a wealth of data-driven evaluations of trade negotiations and policy choices, How Africa Trades is an invaluable open access resource for making sense of the continent’s major trade challenges, including commodity dependence, competitiveness, and how African countries engage with often unconducive international trade rules that distort global markets. In-depth analysis focuses on intra-African trade initiatives, including the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), trade between African countries and their major trading partners, and how the short-term shocks of Covid-19 restrictions brought about longer-term changes in informal and formal trade patterns, and sped-up shifts in digital trade. Edited by Professor David Luke, and featuring vital contributions on trade economics, international law and sustainable development, How Africa Trades draws on the research expertise of LSE’s Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa. This volume provides information, expertise and tools for policymakers, stakeholders and scholars with an interest in understanding the dynamics of trade and in making effective policy decisions that centre development and inclusivity for Africa and its people.

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“…In other words, GVC embeddedness plays a mediating role between digital economy and green innovation. Studies have found that the application of digital technologies, such as the Internet, enhances the willingness and effectiveness of enterprises to participate in the GVC division of labor (Lanz et al, 2018;Gopalan et al, 2022). Many studies have shown that digital economy contributes to the improvement of GVC position (Ardolino et al, 2018;Oliveira et al, 2021).…”

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Global value chain embeddedness, digital economy and green innovation—Evidence from provincial-level regions in China

Hui

Yang

Zhou

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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With globalization and digitalization, participating in Global Value Chain (GVC) and developing digital economy have had a profound impact, which transforms China’s economy into a green and innovative one. This paper studies the intrinsic influential mechanism of GVC embeddedness and digital economy on green innovation and proposes some research hypotheses. Based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2002 to 2016, we constructed some core indicators such as GVC embeddedness, digital economy and green innovation. The ordinary panel model and spatial panel model are used to empirically test the impact of GVC embeddedness and digital economy on China’s green innovation at the provincial level. The research findings are: First, GVC embeddedness and digital economy have significant promotion effects on green innovation. Second, the development of digital economy will not only directly promote green innovation, but also indirectly promote green innovation by effectively promoting the integration of provincial economy into GVC. The results of mediating effect test show that GVC embeddedness has a partial mediating effect in the influential mechanism of digital economy to promote green innovation. Third, GVC embeddedness and green innovation have significant spatial spillover effects. It indicates that Chinese provinces (cities1) have significantly promoted green innovation in neighboring provinces through many possible channels and mechanisms in the process of participating in GVC, and the robustness test shows the stability of the spatial spillover mechanism. The findings provide useful policy implications for China’s deeply participating in GVC, vigorously developing digital economy and promoting green innovation.

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E-commerce and Developing Country-SME Participation in Global Value Chains

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Similarities and Disparities of e-Commerce in the European Union in the Post-Pandemic Period

Similarities and Disparities of e-Commerce in the European Union in the Post-Pandemic Period

How Africa Trades

Global value chain embeddedness, digital economy and green innovation—Evidence from provincial-level regions in China

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