Autori
Pietrobelli, Carlo
Rabellotti, Roberta
Morrison, Andrea

Titolo
Global Value Chains and Technological capabilities: a framework to study industrial innovation in developing countries.
Periodico
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale 'A. Avogadro' : Facoltà di Economia - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Metodi Quantitativi "SEMEQ" - Quaderni
Anno: 2006 - Volume: 06 - Fascicolo: 3 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 25

This paper presents a review of the Global Value Chain literature in light of the "Technological Capabilities" approach to innovation and learning in LDCs. It intends to contribute to the GVC approach by setting out an original research agenda for studying upgrading in GVC. This form of industrial organization may be particularly beneficial for firms located in LDCs, which are bound to source technology internationally. However, the issues of learning, technological efforts and investments to create and improve technological capabilities at the firm-level remain largely uncovered. We argue that these issues may importantly contribute to explain why and how developing countries' firms benefit in different degrees from participating in global value chains. JEL: O30, O14 Keywords: global value chains, technological capabilities, learning, innovation



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