Risk identification, evaluation and response of low-carbon technological innovation under the global value chain: A case of the Chinese manufacturing industry

This paper focuses on the low-end lock-in problem faced by China’s equipment manufacturing industry, which is heavily involved in the global value chain (GVC). Specifically, we use the production chain length system and total trade accounting framework to measure some physical and economic location indicators. The physical location measures the forward production length, backward production length, and the location index, whereas the economic location measures various types of value-added in industry exports. The results show that China’s equipment manufacturing industry has deepened its physical and economic low-end lock-in with the gradual deepening of China’s equipment manufacturing industry’s participation in GVC. From a segmented perspective, the manufacture of fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment) and electrical equipment has the deepest degree of low-end lock-in physical location; the manufacture of computer, electronic, and optical products has the deepest degree of economic low-end lock-in. Therefore, China should accelerate its breakthroughs in the low-end locking dilemma and climb the GVC by adopting various measures such as accelerating the implementation of the intelligent manufacturing strategy, developing service-oriented equipment manufacturing industries, cultivating the domestic market, realizing low-carbon manufacturing, and improving enterprises’ independent innovation capabilities.

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Research on the Position and Influencing Factors of Chinese Manufacturing Industry in the Evolution of Global Value Chain

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Management and Computer Science (ICMCS 2018) ◽

10.2991/icmcs-18.2018.79 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Yang Qi

Keyword(s):

Influencing Factors ◽

Value Chain ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Global Value Chain ◽

Chinese Manufacturing Industry

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Green Innovation Risk Identification of the Manufacturing Industry under Global Value Chain Based on Grounded Theory

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su122410270 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (24) ◽

pp. 10270

Author(s):

Yingying Sun ◽

Lei Wu ◽

Shi Yin

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Grounded Theory ◽

Value Chain ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Green Manufacturing ◽

Risk Identification ◽

Green Marketing ◽

Global Value Chain ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Ecological Value

Green innovation in the manufacturing industry has been widely recognized. Although green innovation can create economic, social, and ecological value, it is also a high-risk activity. We must facilitate and protect the value of green innovation through scientific and systematic management of the risks generated in the process of innovation. The primary task of risk management is risk identification. Therefore, based on the perspective of the global value chain, this paper identifies the risk of green innovation in the manufacturing industry using the research method of grounded theory. By examining the interview records of 25 manufacturing enterprise executives, we summarize and identify the four major risks and 31 risk factors of green innovation. The empirical results of this paper are as follows: (1) the green innovation risks of the manufacturing industry under the global value chain include green R&D risks under the global value chain; manufacturing risks under the global value chain; marketing risks under the global value chain; service risks under the global value chain. (2) Green R&D risks under the global value chain include seven risk factors; green manufacturing risks under the global value chain include 10 risk factors; green marketing risks under the global value chain include nine risk factors; green service risks under the global value chain include five risk factors.

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Measuring and Integrating Risk Management into Green Innovation Practices for Green Manufacturing under the Global Value Chain

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12020545 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 545 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Yingying Sun ◽

Kexin Bi ◽

Shi Yin

Keyword(s):

Risk Reduction ◽

Value Chain ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Green Manufacturing ◽

Risk Identification ◽

Green Marketing ◽

Global Value Chain ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Risk Diversification ◽

Marketing Risk

How to solve the contradiction between economic growth and ecological environmental protection is a practical problem that should be solved urgently at present. The development of green technology in the manufacturing industry must rely on technology innovation. However, the process of implementing green innovation in the manufacturing industry is full of high uncertainty and risk. First, the green innovation risks were divided into global green R&D risk, global green manufacturing risk, global green marketing risk, and global green service risk from the perspective of the process. Then, this study established a management criteria system of green innovation risk identification in the manufacturing industry under the global value chain (GVC). Furthermore, three methods were applied to identify the green innovation risk of the manufacturing industry under the GVC. Finally, this paper put forward the countermeasures to the green innovation risk of the manufacturing industry under the GVC. The empirical research results of this paper are as follows: From the perspective of the green innovation process, four risks are classified in this study, namely, global green R&D risk, global green manufacturing risk, global green marketing risk, and global green service risk. Among the four stages of green innovation risk, green marketing risk is the highest, followed by green service risk, and green R&D risk and green manufacturing risk are the least. Global green service risk and green R&D risk can be reduced mainly through risk diversification and risk reduction. Global green manufacturing risk and green marketing risk can be reduced mainly through risk diversification and secondary through risk reduction.

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