Informal markets and global value chains – the disembedding of Romanian dairy smallholders

Oppenkowski, Moritz von; Hassler, Markus; Roesler, Tim

doi:10.1080/09654313.2019.1584607

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“…Over the past 2 decades, a wide range of sectors have been analyzed using parameters outlined in the GVC-GPN discussion, including not only industrial sectors such as automotive (Hassler, 2009;Pavlínek and Ženka, 2016;Pavlínek, 2019;Schwabe, 2020), electronics (Raj-Reichert, 2018, or agriculture (von Oppenkowski et al, 2019) but also service sectors such as logistics (Coe, 2014), tourism (Christian, 2016, or finances (Dörry, 2015). The discussion of services in such contexts has predominantly examined their role as intermediaries in a globalized economy (see also Low, 2013), while the value chains of knowledge-intensive business services in the context of product creation have thus far rarely been an explicit focus in discussions of GVC-GPN.…”

Section: Global Value Chains and Knowledge-intensive Business Servicesmentioning

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Mapping interaction patterns of German IT and engineering services for automotive applications

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Hassler

2020

Geogr. Helv.

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Abstract. This study explores how technical services for automotive applications organize their value-added activities. It does so from the background of a market transition towards electric vehicles and vehicle connectivity. Conceptually, the article combines the literature stream of global value chains and global production networks (GVC–GPN) and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). This paper puts a specific focus on the temporality of client–vendor relationships and argues that interfirm relationships often last longer than their project-based mode suggests they would. Despite ongoing fundamental transitions of industry structures towards electric vehicles and vehicle connectivity, the relationships of incumbent OEMs and technical service firms continues to be hierarchical. Analyzing these dynamics on the level of value-added inputs, the concepts of GVC–GPN and KIBS meaningfully complement each other for outlining the mutual dependencies of market dynamics, the characteristics of a service input and the organizational outcome of the client–vendor relationship.

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Mapping interaction patterns of German IT and engineering services for automotive applications

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Hassler

2020

Geogr. Helv.

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An embeddedness perspective on family farm development in the Carpathian Mountains

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Oppenkowski

Roesler

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Vegetable Trade Flows and Chain Competitiveness Linkage Analysis Based on Spatial Panel Econometric Modelling and Porter’s Diamond Model

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The vegetable sector plays an important role in ensuring food security. Vegetable trade flows in Romania have become a major concern due to constant trade balance deficits despite the country’s agricultural potential. Taking into account the paradox between what could be considered an abundance of factor endowments and poor trade balance results, the objective of this research was to study the linkage between vegetable trade flows and chain competitiveness. Spatial panel econometric methods were used to study the impact of the international vegetable market on the demand in Romania, while the Balassa index and Porter’s diamond modelling techniques were used to study the competitiveness of the vegetable chain at both county and national levels. By applying the spatial regression method to the international trade and national production panel data, it was found that an increase in the quantity of vegetables imported into Romania would cause an even greater decrease in national vegetable production. The results show that Romanian vegetable production is highly and negatively influenced by the growing appetite for imports—therefore leading to a national dependence on the global vegetable chain. Porter’s diamond model results confirm that: (a) growing vegetables is profitable in Romania and the average profit margin is higher in this economic sector than in many others; (b) there is a lack of competitiveness caused by the post-communist excessively fragmented agrarian land structure and poor performance of the irrigation, warehousing, and transportation sectors; (c) the national production of vegetables is generally self-sufficient with the exception of three counties that resort to importing and account for more than 70% of Romania’s total vegetable imports; (d) factor endowments cannot be fully harnessed, and this contributes to the deepening of the trade balance deficits. Improvement is possible by fostering competitiveness through increasing the performance of supporting industries and the logistics infrastructure, as well as removing market access barriers for the many small farmers.

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Informal markets and global value chains – the disembedding of Romanian dairy smallholders

Cited by 3 publications

References 43 publications

Mapping interaction patterns of German IT and engineering services for automotive applications

Mapping interaction patterns of German IT and engineering services for automotive applications

An embeddedness perspective on family farm development in the Carpathian Mountains

Vegetable Trade Flows and Chain Competitiveness Linkage Analysis Based on Spatial Panel Econometric Modelling and Porter’s Diamond Model

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