China’s increasing participation in ICT’s global value chain: A firm level analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 210-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutao Sun ◽  
Seamus Grimes
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Analysis

scholarly journals Financial Constraints, Trade Mode Transition, and Global Value Chain Upgrading of Chinese Firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (17) ◽  
pp. 4527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Chen ◽  
Sumei Luo ◽  
Tian Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Chinese Enterprises ◽  
Chinese Banks ◽  
Level Production

China is facing the serious problem of ‘low-end locking’ in the global value chain as it becomes deeply integrated into world trade. Deciphering how to upgrade Chinese enterprises’ positions in the global value chain is crucial to China’s economic transformation and sustainable development. This study explores the feasibility of upgrading China’s global value chain from the perspective of financial constraints. Based on a theoretical framework, this study applies firm-level production data and trade data, using a documented method of measuring domestic value added at the firm level. Besides, we apply three methods to comprehensively measure the financial constraints faced by enterprises. In our study, we verify the findings of previous empirical studies that reducing financial constraints can significantly increase enterprises’ domestic value added, and this conclusion remains valid after considering various robustness tests. Our heterogeneity analysis indicates that easing financial constraints can significantly contribute to Chinese private enterprises’ upgrade in the global value chain, which could be related with “ownership discrimination” of Chinese banks. Finally, this study analyses the two mechanisms by which relaxing financial constraints could promote global value chain upgrading: (i) directly transfer enterprises’ trade mode from processing trade to general trade and (ii) allowing enterprises to climb up in the global value chain.

scholarly journals Exporters and global value chain participation: Firm-level evidence from South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caio Torres Mazzi ◽  
Gideon Ndubuisi ◽  
Elvis Avenyo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Entry ◽  
Related Trade

Using the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel data for 2009–17, this paper investigates how global value chain-related trade affects the export performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa. In particular, the paper uses extant classifications of internationally traded products to identify different categories of global value chain-related products and compares the productivity premium of international traders for these different categories. Also, the paper investigates possible differences in learning-by-exporting effects across the identified categories of global value chain-related products by estimating the effect of exporting before and after entry into foreign markets. The results confirm that global value chain-related trade is associated with a higher productivity premium compared with traditional trade. However, within the categories of exporters, only the firms that trade in global value chain-related products and simultaneously engage in research and development in the post-entry periods appear to learn from exporting.

Human Capital Expansion and Global Value Chain Upgrading: Firm‐level Evidence from China

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 28-56
Author(s):  
Lamei Wu ◽  
Guifu Chen ◽  
Shuijun Peng
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Firm Level

scholarly journals Organizing the global value chain: A firm-level test

2017 ◽  
Vol 109 ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davide Del Prete ◽  
Armando Rungi
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Firm Level

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.

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