Global Value Chains and National Tourism Carbon Competitiveness

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 808-823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Yen Sun
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Carbon Efficiency ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Tourism Services ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Global Carbon ◽  
Lower Carbon

With the emergence of global value chains (GVCs), imported products and services play a critical role in the quality and quantity of tourism services. What to import and how much to import thus concern the trade-offs of maintaining economic prosperity, reducing domestic and global carbon emissions and improving tourism carbon efficiency at destinations. This study clarifies the relationship between tourism and GVCs and presents an environmentally extended input–output model to assess the distribution of tourism’s economic and environmental effects in global segments. We argue that GVCs increase a nation’s tourism carbon competitiveness and relieve global carbon pressure when imports (1) are high in carbon contents but low in economic linkage, (2) facilitate the transition of domestic businesses toward better energy efficiency, and (3) are produced with a lower carbon intensity than the domestic production technology. An empirical case of the bilateral travel between Taiwan and Japan is applied.

Position in global value chains and wages in Central and Eastern European countries

2022 ◽  
pp. 095968012110537
Author(s):  
Sabina Szymczak ◽  
Aleksandra Parteka ◽  
Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Final Demand ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Micro Data ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Import Intensity

This paper examines the relationship between the relative position of industries in Global Value Chains (GVC) and wages in 10 Central and Eastern European countries. We combine GVC measures of global import intensity of production, upstreamness and the length of the value chain with micro-data on workers. We find that the wages of Central and Eastern European countries workers are higher when their industry is at the beginning of the chain or at the end than in the middle. Secondly, wage changes depend on the interplay between upstreamness and GVC intensity. In sectors close to final demand, greater production fragmentation is associated with lower wages.

Structure of International Service Trade in Global Value Chains: Forward and Backward Linkages of Russia’s Participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-111
Author(s):  
K. S. Nefedov
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Generalized Least Squares ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Service Trade ◽  
International Service ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Relationship

Intensive globalization of production processes along with active internationalization of companies have created new opportunities for developing countries to participate in global value chains (GVC). Participation in GVCs makes it possible to analyze the contribution of individual industries to world trade at the level of countries and sectors.Aim. This paper aims to assess the growth of Russia’s participation in international service trade over the past years in a number of non-material sectors of the economy from the perspective of upgrading in GVCs and the associated positive dynamics in value adding processes.Objectives. The author examines the dynamics of Russia’s participation in service industries; analyzes the relationship between innovation activity and different types of participation in GVCs; identifies the current trends in the dynamics of Russia’s participation in the GVCs of non-material industries.Methods. This study uses the generalized least squares method to perform a regression analysis of panel data form 10 service industries for 2005–2015 and analyze the relationship between different types of Russia’s participation in the GVCs of service industries and innovation activity.Results. The relationship between innovation activity and different types of participation in GVCs is statistically proven. There was identified a general upward trend in Russia’s participation in international service trade. At the same time, the results of the analysis emphasize the importance of additional stimulation of innovation activity in order to increase Russia’s forward participation in international service trade and enable further upgrading in GVCs.

Global Value Chains, Preferential Trade, and the Middle-Income Trap

2020 ◽  
pp. 297-317
Author(s):  
Renato Baumann
Keyword(s):  
Regional Integration ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Preferential Trade ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Middle Income Trap ◽  
The Relationship

After a period of rapid growth, developing countries often experience a slowdown in growth and productivity, falling into what has come to be known as the “‘middle-income trap.” Production chains in East Asia, North America, and Western Europe have imposed a new model of production. Participating in global value chains became a policy issue. Market friendly trade policies—be it multilateral reductions of tariff and non-tariff barriers or preferential trade agreements with selected economies—are an essential part of this model. The relationship between value chains and regional integration has gained momentum, partly because participation in value chains is identified as a source of competitiveness, much needed for economies facing the middle-income trap. The relationship between preferential trade and participation in value chains as a means to deal with the middle-income trap is the subject of this chapter.

Law, Global Value Chains and Upgrading in the Mining Industry: A Case Study on Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-550
Author(s):  
Ndinawe Mtonga Ruppert ◽  
Kevin Sobel-Read ◽  
Blake Pepper
Keyword(s):  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Copper Mining ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Global Commerce ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
The Relationship

The increasingly interconnected nature of global commerce has caused dramatic structural transformation. Global value chains (GVCs) are crucial to understanding the resulting consequences, including the possibilities available today for a country's economic success. Law plays a central role. In this article, we explore GVC upgrading in Africa, focusing on the mining sector in Zambia. We outline three impediments to Zambia's upgrading capacity within the copper-mining GVC and conclude with three policy suggestions that could improve Zambia's position. By shedding light on the relationship between law, development and global value chains, the article provides beneficial insight to Zambia and across Africa.

The Role of Suppliers in the Greening of GVCs

2016 ◽  
pp. 539-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amira Khattak ◽  
Christina Stringer
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Strategic Intent ◽  
Lead Firm ◽  
The Relationship

Until now the Global Value Chains (GVCs) literature has highlighted the role of lead firms in the greening of GVCs, leaving the role of supplier firms under-theorized. This chapter contributes to this gap in the literature by providing empirical evidence to support the role supplier firms play in environmental upgrading in the context of the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. The findings reveal that an understanding of the process of environmental upgrading remains incomplete if the capabilities and strategic intent of suppliers are not taken into consideration. The role of the lead firm and the capability of the supplier firm cannot collectively ensure upgrading. Capabilities in the supplier base determine the relationship between supplier and buyer (governance), whereas a suppliers' strategic intent allows firms to be more inventive in situations where there is a misfit between resources (knowledge) and ambition. Thus strategic intent, coupled with capabilities, can provide competitive advantage to firms and pave ways toward environmental upgrading.

scholarly journals When Linder meets Hirschman: inter-industry linkages and global value chains in business services

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
pp. 1555-1586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier López González ◽  
Valentina Meliciani ◽  
Maria Savona
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Support ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Business Services ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Manufacturing ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Backward And Forward Linkages

Abstract This article looks at the determinants of a country’s participation in business services (BS) global value chains (GVCs). BS GVCs are comparatively less explored than traditional manufacturing ones, and there is a gap in the literature on the relative positions of countries in BS GVCs and the opportunities they might open for development. This article puts forward and finds empirical support to the conjecture that the domestic structure of backward and forward linkages à la Hirschman, alongside the domestic representative demand for BS à la Linder, are of high importance. The results, based on the World Input-Output Database, suggest that the presence of strong domestic backward-linked industries to BS makes an emerging country more likely to create domestic value within BS GVC. Our findings contribute to the debate on a “premature de-industrialization” in emerging countries and on the relationship between levels of development and engagement in BS GVCs.

scholarly journals INNOVATION IN EMERGING MARKETS: THE ROLE OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND OF THE INSERTION IN THE LOCAL AND GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
CRISTINA L. L. CALEGARIO ◽  
NÁDIA C. P. BRUHN ◽  
MARIANE FIGUEIRA ◽  
JUCIARA N. ALCÂNTARA
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT Objective: The objective of this study is to identify the effects of the insertion in local and global value chains as a determinant of company innovation, identifying the main characteristics of the nature of the interactions that arise in the value chain, as well as the relationship between innovation, internal resources to the company and their insertion in value chains. Originality/value: This paper combines insights from different streams of literature to develop a more comprehensive framework for the analysis of firms’ innovation in emerging countries. We consider relationships among partners in the local and global value chain and the influence of the internal resources as crucially important for the access to external knowledge. Design/methodology/approach: Econometric analysis were performed using generalized linear models (GLM). The period of analysis covers the years 1998 to 2011. We investigate our hypotheses using different models to relate firms’ innovation capacity to local and global value chains and the ownership of internal and external resources. Findings: Using data from Brazilian firms from 1998 to 2011, we found that the relationship with all partners in global value chain contributed to the increase of the Brazilian firm’s innovation. The internal resources had a positive influence in firm’s innovation, suggesting that the firm’s internal resources are crucially important in the access to external knowledge, which means that the ability of firms to make use of this knowledge depends, in turn, on their absorptive capacity.

Diversified carbon intensity under global value chains: A measurement and decomposition analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 272 ◽  
pp. 111076
Author(s):  
Hao Xiao ◽  
Kejuan Sun ◽  
Xingwen Tu ◽  
Huimin Bi ◽  
Ming Wen
Keyword(s):  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Carbon Intensity
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