Journal ArticleJournal of Contemporary Asia · January 1, 2019
The economic and social gains from electronic commerce (e-commerce) that promote innovation, industry upgrading and economic growth have been widely discussed. China’s successful experience with e-commerce has had a positive effect in transforming consumer ...
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Journal ArticleTransnational Corporations · January 1, 2019
Costa Rica has sought to improve its position in the global economy by prioritizing export growth in two high-tech manufacturing industries led by foreign direct investment (FDI): electronics and medical devices. We use a global value chain (GVC) perspecti ...
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Chapter · January 1, 2019
A key element in conducting industrial organization research is establishing a clear, well-defined and repeatable process to identify and describe the stakeholders and concepts of the analysis across a range of industries and topics. In the global value ch ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Contemporary Asia · June 19, 2018
The economic and social gains from electronic commerce (e-commerce) that promote innovation, industry upgrading and economic growth have been widely discussed. China’s successful experience with e-commerce has had a positive effect in transforming consumer ...
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Report · September 15, 2017
The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) commissioned a global value chain study to Duke University Global Value Chains Center (Duke GVCC). The goal of this study is to analyze the country’s participation in specific global industries to ...
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Report · May 20, 2016
This report uses the Duke CGGC Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global aerospace industry and identify opportunities for the country to upgrade. The Philippines is a newcomer to the growing global aerospace m ...
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Report · May 20, 2016
This report uses the Duke CGGC Global Value Chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global automotive industry and identify opportunities for upgrading. The country’s strength in the sector is in electrical and electronic automo ...
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Report · May 20, 2016
This report uses the Duke CGGC global value chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global electronics & electrical (E&E) industry and identify opportunities to upgrade. Electronics and electrical equipment have played an import ...
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Report · May 20, 2016
This report uses the Duke CGGC global value chain (GVC) framework to examine the role of the Philippines in the global chemical industry and identify opportunities for the country to upgrade. The Philippine chemicals sector is growing rapidly alongside eco ...
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Report · January 11, 2016
This report analyzes the situation of Bahrain’s industry and its prospects in light of the looming TPL expiration. The Bahraini industry oriented to the U.S. market contains two distinct segments: textile manufacturers, which own spinning, weaving and fini ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste · January 1, 2016
The aim of this article is to evaluate, using available direct and secondary data, the risks to human health and the environment within nanotechnologies research in Mexico. The argument is advanced in four sections. The first illustrates the implications o ...
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Journal ArticleCambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society · November 1, 2015
The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has been a mixed blessing for economic development. While exports to the US economy have increased, dependency may hinder economic growth if countries do not diversify or upgrade before temporary provisions ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Nanoparticle Research · January 1, 2014
Mexico is the second country in Latin America with regard to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research and Development, according to various indicators. Nanoscience and Nanotechnologies are viewed as strategic areas in government policy since 2001. In the la ...
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Journal ArticleInternational Journal of Technological Learning Innovation and Development · January 1, 2011
This article uses the global value chain approach to analyse the upgrading trajectories of leading apparel exporters adapting to the end of textile and apparel quotas and the economic recession. These events have been coupled by the consolidation and recon ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of the Textile Institute · November 1, 2009
As the complexity of the textile industry has increased because of international regulations, advancements in technology, and resultant globalization, so too have the frameworks and theories used to explain these phenomena and how firms and countries can s ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management · September 1, 2007
In Spring of 2006, North Carolina State University's College of Textiles conducted a research study with funding from the North Carolina Department of Commerce entitled State of the Union of the Textile Industry in North Carolina: Improving Global Market C ...
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Journal ArticleJournal of Textile and Apparel Technology and Management · September 1, 2007
The article investigates the characteristics of North Carolina textile and apparel companies based on the results of a survey regarding different business management areas. This research investigates the process of internationalization: of the sales and pr ...
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