ABSTRACT
This Companion provides a review of global value chains (GVCs) and the megatrends that are shaping them and will continue to reshape them in deep-set trajectories of change over the next few decades. Megatrends herald both challenges and opportunities. With the growing interest among business leaders and researchers in GVCs, this is a reference work which fills a gap in current literature by focusing on the new features of GVCs, including the shift of global purchasing power towards developing economies, the significance of emerging technologies and data analytics, the increasing tensions between globalisation and de-globalisation, and the role of micro-multinationals, start-up entrepreneurs, the public sector and middle markets in a fast-changing global economy.
The early chapters are essentially intradisciplinary in character, with the first seeking to explore some historical aspects of GVCs. Subsequent chapters cover the theory and practice of operations and supply chain management, emerging supply chain technologies, and the impact of inter-firm collaboration across sectors and economies. The final chapters take a more interdisciplinary approach and examine topics at the interface of GVCs with the economy, society, culture and politics.
This comprehensive handbook provides a timely analysis of leading-edge global megatrends and practices in one volume.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|12 pages
History of global value chains
part II|76 pages
Global value chains Theory and practice
part III|70 pages
Role of emerging technologies and data analytics in global value chains
chapter 6|14 pages
Integration of ICT systems and processes
chapter |3 pages
Case study
part IV|166 pages
Megatrends in global value chains
chapter 10|19 pages
Global value chains are not always global
chapter 14|16 pages
Global value chains and least developed countries
part V|14 pages
Implications