Towards a typology of repositioning strategies of GVC/GPN suppliers: the case of functional upgrading and downgrading

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbv044" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbv044</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbv044" target="_blank" >10.1093/jeg/lbv044</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Towards a typology of repositioning strategies of GVC/GPN suppliers: the case of functional upgrading and downgrading

Original language description

This article examines various upgrading and downgrading repositioning firm strategies within global value chains (GVCs) or global production networks (GPNs). It builds upon recent evidence that the mode of governance could vary profoundly among firms engaged in the same GVC/GPN. Therefore, the relevance of particular types of upgrading that were originally derived from the ideal types of GVC/GPN governance will be reconsidered. It is argued that the existing dissonance in the literature over possibilities for functional upgrading can be attributed to the different modes of governance that can exist within a particular GVC/GPN and to the diverse nature of functional upgrading. Consequently, a typology of functional upgrading is outlined, and it is argued that these different types vary significantly according to their probability and potential risk-benefit ratios. The article also introduces passive, adaptive and strategic downgrading and outlines their potential negative and positive effects on firms.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

DE - Earth magnetism, geodesy, geography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Economic Geography

ISSN

1468-2702

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

849-869

UT code for WoS article

000381163100004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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