What drives the economic performance of suppliers in global value chains/globalproduction networks – tier, ownership, size, specialization, or region?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F22%3A10452756" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/22:10452756 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=EWCwCKYDje" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=EWCwCKYDje</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2022.2150303" target="_blank" >10.1080/00291951.2022.2150303</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
What drives the economic performance of suppliers in global value chains/globalproduction networks – tier, ownership, size, specialization, or region?
Original language description
The paper investigates the economic performance of Czech electro-engineering companies in relation to their tier, ownership, size, level of specialization, and host region in order to scrutinize one of the key assumptions about functional upgrading, namely that lead firms and higher tier suppliers capture more value than lower tier suppliers. This issue has fundamental policy implications, as global value chain (GVC)/global production network (GPN) policy recommendations revolve mainly around two paradigms: to 'plug-in' into GVC/GPN and to 'move-up the chain', meaning to upgrade functionally. The paper contributes to the GVC/GPN literature by scrutinizing the underinvestigated electro-engineering industry, accounting for variegated levels of specialization of particular companies in the industry, combining sectoral and regional perspectives (i.e. the modes of strategic coupling), and providing disaggregated data for individual companies instead of values aggregated by tiers. The results show large variation in the economic performance of individual companies, yet ownership and tier are the key factors driving economic results. Companies operating outside the production networks performed strongly in terms of profitability, while maintaining the same level of wages as other domestic companies in the electro-engineering industry. Thus, the authors conclude that 'plug-in' imperative should be carefully considered within specific industrial and regional contexts.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA19-03754S" target="_blank" >GA19-03754S: Comprehension of engagement of companies into global production networks: regional and sectorial analysis of companies operating in Czechia</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift
ISSN
0029-1951
e-ISSN
1502-5292
Volume of the periodical
76
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
NO - NORWAY
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
255-269
UT code for WoS article
000899015700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85144314743