scholarly journals Digital innovation and Industry 4.0 for global value chain resilience: Lessons learned and ways forward

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Dilyard ◽  
Shasha Zhao ◽  
Jacqueline Jing You
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Digital Innovation

scholarly journals Global Value Chain Resilience: Understanding the Impact of Managerial Governance Adaptations

2022 ◽  
pp. 000812562110666
Author(s):  
Liena Kano ◽  
Rajneesh Narula ◽  
Irina Surdu
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Initial Shock ◽  
Lead Firm ◽  
The Impact

While COVID-19 has caused significant short-term disruptions in global value chains (GVCs), in the longer run, the pandemic will not be the primary catalyst in GVC evolution. As GVCs recover from the initial shock, managers will make GVC restructuring decisions guided by long-term strategic considerations. This article describes barriers that lead firm managers may encounter when rethinking location/control decisions for value chain activities and suggests that, in addition to structural changes, managerial governance adaptations are instrumental in enhancing GVCs’ long-term resilience. Lessons learned from responding to the pandemic can help managers enhance GVC efficiency in the increasingly uncertain global environment.

scholarly journals Adoption of Industry 4.0 Technologies and Company Competitiveness: Case Studies from a Post-Transition Economy

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 61-78
Author(s):  
Marta Götz ◽  
◽  
Barbara Jankowska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Transition Economy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Race To The Top ◽  
Adaptive Networks ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Expected Benefits

Manufacturers face increased cost pressure and market volatility. Product life cycles are getting shorter. Production has to be faster and increasingly local. The acceleration of “time-to-market” could happen thanks to the solutions of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), with supply chains morphing into highly adaptive networks with integrated entities. In this paper, we seek to exemplify the potential impact of I4.0 adoption on the competitiveness of the firms (being foreign subsidiaries among others) and ask about the nature of modernization as part of the global value chain in which the enterprise operates. Our research based on four case studies reveals that the competitive advantage of a firm could be modified in the era of Industry 4.0 as a result of a sector’s transformation and changing relationships with partners. These findings correspond with the literature stressing the uncertainty and complexity of the digital economy in general, as well as difficulties with the precise measuring of the expected benefits. The fourth industrial revolution emphasizes “the race to the top” giving priority to quality rather than cost reduction as a method of improving competitiveness and, since it implies the emergence of connected companies, truly linked with each other, the disappearance of clear boundaries between them.

The Changing Patterns of North Korea’s International Film Co-Productions Since the 1980s: A Global Value Chain Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-108
Author(s):  
Moon Hwy-Chang ◽  
Wenyang Yin
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
International Standards ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Film Productions

Although North Korea is one of the most closed countries in the world, it has long been pursuing international cooperation with other countries in order to upgrade the quality of its film industry to international standards. Preceding studies on this topic have mainly focused on the political influences behind filmmaking in general and very few studies have exclusively dealt with North Korea’s international co-productions. In this respect, in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the internalization strategy of North Korea’s film productions, this paper uses the global value chain as a framework for analysis. This approach helps understand the internationalization pattern of each value chain activity of film co-productions in terms of the film location and the methods for collaborating with foreign partners. By dividing the evolution of North Korea’s international co-productions into three periods since the 1980s, this paper finds that although North Korea has shown mixed results with different aspects of the film value chain, it has generally improved its internationalization over the three periods. This paper further provides strategic directions for North Korea by learning some of the successful Chinese experiences in the film sector regarding collaboration with foreign partners—to foster a win-win situation for all involved parties.

An Analysis of Global Value Chain of Agricultural and Food Products

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-84
Author(s):  
Yunsun Park ◽  
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Oh-Sang Kwon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Global Value Chain

THE VALUE CHAIN OF COMPETENCY MODEL FOR VIETNAMESE EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS IN THE INDUSTRY 4.0 REVOLUTION ERA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Thi My Hanh ◽  
Luis Alfaro ◽  
Tran Phuong Thao
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Chain Model ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
Model Of Competency ◽  
Personal Competencies

This world is constantly changing and rapidly moving,-particular in the Industry 4.0 revolution, people must change to follow and keeping with this new trend. Education is the human foundation toward the “Truth - Good - Beautiful”, and comprehensive development of personal competencies as knowledge, skills and behaviors. A nation, such as Vietnam, if they want to integrate into global economy and affirming their position, they will need the “Talented - Virtuous” human resource who could meet the high demand of society. The purpose of this study was to propose a model of competency value chain at individual level for the educational managers, analyzing some factors of this value chain model and how to apply to Vietnamese education system in the fourth Industry era. The authors wanted to focus on the social value added that the educational managers’competency could bring as the result of this research.

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