International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain

Gereffi, Gary

doi:10.1016/s0022-1996(98)00075-0

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“…We chose a case in this specific industry for a number of different reasons. The footwear industry has been studied worldwide as an example of a sector with buyer-driven supply chains (Gereffi, 1999;Navas-Alemán, 2011;Paiva & Vieira, 2011;Schmitz, 2006). The target firm is located in an emerging country, Brazil, and, more precisely, in the Sinos Valley region of Brazil's Southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul.…”

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Effects of Path Dependence on Capabilities in Captive Global Value Chains

Vasconcellos

Garrido

Vieira

et al. 2015

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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Global Value Chains (GVC) and their participants are dynamic. Events can provoke distinct strategic responses from different firms, even when they are part of a GVC. We investigated how both organizational and supplychain path dependence can influence the capabilities that a firm needs to achieve a higher value-added position in a GVC. We have integrated three branches of theory, covering Global Value Chains, Organizational Capabilities, and Path dependence. We conducted a case study of a large Brazilian shoe firm, analyzing its relationships with buyers in GVCs. We found that path-dependent elements had locked-in the firm, preventing ascension to higher added value positions and keeping the organization in captive global value chain, even when it moved into new markets. Additionally, we propose a theoretical model that should prove fruitful in future research in other sectors and countries.

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“…The Sinos Valley is home to the largest footwear manufacturing cluster in Brazil and one of the most recognized in the world (Costa & Passos, 2004;Gereffi, 1999;Navas-Alemán, 2011;Rabellotti & Schmitz, 1999;Schmitz, 2006). Our criterion for choosing this firm was its long-term presence in the foreign market.…”

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Effects of Path Dependence on Capabilities in Captive Global Value Chains

Vasconcellos

Garrido

Vieira

et al. 2015

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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“…outsourcing to independent suppliers). This has led to the emergence of buyer-driven value chains in labour-intensive consumer goods industries, such as apparel, footwear and toys, that are controlled by commercial capital (retailers and marketers such as Walmart, Nike and Starbucks), and not by industrial MNEs as in producer-driven value chains (Gereffi, 1999).…”

Section: E Global Value Chains Industrial Upgrading and Structuralmentioning

confidence: 99%

Влияние Внешних Факторов На Развитие Рынка Консалтинговых Услуг

Владимировна¹

2017

Russian Journal of Entrepreneurship

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В статье рассмотрены внешние факторы, оказывающие воздействие на рынок консалтинговых услуг. Сделана их классификация и анализ применительно к текущему развитию рынка управленческого консультирования в России. В результате проведенного анализа констатировано, что к факторам, оказывающим наиболее сильное влияние на рынок консалтинговых услуг, можно отнести: политические; экономические; правовые и законодательные; технологические; социальные, организационные и психологические факторы.

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“…The GVC approach provides a holistic view of global industries from two vintage points: top down and bottom up (Gereffi and Lee, 2012). The top-down view focuses on the organisation of value chain activities and the modes of governance coordinating the value chain (Gereffi et al, 2005), while the bottom-up view focuses on upgrading by suppliers (Barrientos et al, 2011;Gereffi, 1999;Giuliani et al, 2005;Pavlínek and Ženka, 2011). These two perspectives are complementary and interdependent (Lee and Gereffi, 2015).…”

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Supplier strategies to compensate for knowledge asymmetries in buyer-supplier relationships: implications for economic upgrading

Hoque

Sinkovics

2016

EJIM

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This paper explores a special form of international outsourcing relationship in which suppliers make recurrent discrete transactions with the same buyers over a long period of time without the existence of any original legally binding written agreement. The study examines three research questions: (1) Can suppliers in such relationships access any of their buyers' tacit knowledge? (2) What implications does their access or the lack thereof have for their economic upgrading? (3) What strategies do suppliers adopt to compensate for existing knowledge asymmetries? The case analysis of three small Bangladeshi garment manufacturers reveals the following key findings. The studied firms only have access to their buyers' explicit/codified knowledge. Notwithstanding this, they have successfully developed relevant knowledge that has allowed them to engage in process upgrading.

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International trade and industrial upgrading in the apparel commodity chain

Cited by 2,291 publications

References 11 publications

Effects of Path Dependence on Capabilities in Captive Global Value Chains

Effects of Path Dependence on Capabilities in Captive Global Value Chains

Влияние Внешних Факторов На Развитие Рынка Консалтинговых Услуг

Supplier strategies to compensate for knowledge asymmetries in buyer-supplier relationships: implications for economic upgrading

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