What drives the economic performance of suppliers in global value chains/globalproduction networks – tier, ownership, size, specialization, or region?

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

What drives the economic performance of suppliers in global value chains/globalproduction networks – tier, ownership, size, specialization, or region?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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 &apos;plug-in&apos; into GVC/GPN and to &apos;move-up the chain&apos;, 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 &apos;plug-in&apos; imperative should be carefully considered within specific industrial and regional contexts.

Název v anglickém jazyce

What drives the economic performance of suppliers in global value chains/globalproduction networks – tier, ownership, size, specialization, or region?

Popis výsledku anglicky

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 &apos;plug-in&apos; into GVC/GPN and to &apos;move-up the chain&apos;, 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 &apos;plug-in&apos; imperative should be carefully considered within specific industrial and regional contexts.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-03754S" target="_blank" >GA19-03754S: Výzkum zapojení firem do globálních produkčních sítí: regionální a odvětvová analýza firem působících v České republice</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

ISSN

0029-1951

e-ISSN

1502-5292

Svazek periodika

76

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

5

Stát vydavatele periodika

NO - Norské království

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

255-269

Kód UT WoS článku

000899015700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85144314743