In the last couple of decades, production processes have been characterized by their
fragmentation, which crosses the borders of countries more and more. This coincides with …

This paper focuses on the role played by the Brazilian economy in global value chains with
reference to global and regional contexts. To this end, we calculate downstream and …

In recent past, the global value chains have increasingly become more pervasive in the
productive processes around the world and thus decisively affect how each country is …

A very important part of world production is nowadays organized along Global Value Chains
(GVCs). The success of individual countries in the global economy depends on their ability …

Are global value chains truly global, or does the omnipresent use of the adjective
'global'give a wrong impression? Baldwin and Lopez-Gonzalez (2014) suggest this. They …

Firms that are expanding their cross-border activities, such as vertical specialization trade,
outsourcing, and fragmentation productions, have brought dramatic changes to the global …

Owed to the spread of global value chains, new relevant questions in the world trade have
emerged. In particular, it has become crucial to assess the level of participation of countries …

Global value chains (GVC) describe the functioning of international trade today. A widely
used way to measure GVC is the input-output analysis. However, many developing …

This paper analyses the relevance and the characteristics of the international fragmentation
of production in the Portuguese economy. The empirical trade literature suggests different …

Brazil plays a very peculiar role in global value chains (GVC): the country imports high
technological goods in general while going through early deindustrialization and relying …