Global value chain linkages: An integrative review of the opportunities and challenges for SMEs in developing countries

MB Epede, D Wang - International Business Review, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reviews the literature on the challenges and opportunities of the global value
chain (GVC) participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing …

[HTML][HTML] Nurturing international business research through global value chains literature: A review and discussion of future research opportunities

V De Marchi, E Di Maria, R Golini, A Perri - International Business Review, 2020 - Elsevier
This article offers a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature on Global Value
Chains (GVCs). The GVC framework has received growing attention in the last decade …

[HTML][HTML] What does the COVID-19 pandemic teach us about global value chains? The case of medical supplies

G Gereffi - Journal of International Business Policy, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a dramatic shortage in the medical supplies needed to
treat the virus due to a massive surge in demand as the disease circled the globe during the …

A self‐tuning model for smart manufacturing SMEs: Effects on digital innovation

M Del Giudice, V Scuotto, A Papa… - Journal of Product …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With the changing way people live, communicate, and work, enterprises are striving to shift
their existing business model into a “self‐tuning” one. Enterprises are becoming more agile …

The future of manufacturing: A Delphi-based scenario analysis on Industry 4.0

G Culot, G Orzes, M Sartor, G Nassimbeni - Technological forecasting and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Industry 4.0 is expected to impart profound changes to the configuration of manufacturing
companies with regards to what their value proposition will be and how their production …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping the supply chain: Why, what and how?

BL MacCarthy, WAH Ahmed, G Demirel - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is now widespread appreciation of the critical role played by supply chains in the
global economy. Supply chains are dominant concerns for many organisations …

Governance of global value chains after the Covid-19 pandemic: a new wave of regionalization?

J Pla-Barber, C Villar, R Narula - BRQ Business Research …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The disruption of the trade and investment activities of multinational enterprises as a
consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic has reinvigorated the debate on the configuration of …

Global value chain governance: Intersections with international business

SE McWilliam, JK Kim, R Mudambi, BB Nielsen - Journal of World Business, 2020 - Elsevier
The international business (IB) literature has always analyzed multinational enterprises
(MNEs) as firms that internalize market transactions across national borders. Over the last …

Digitalization of companies in international entrepreneurship and marketing

II Vadana, L Torkkeli, O Kuivalainen… - International Marketing …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Little research has been done on the emergence of companies that engage in
increasingly digital entrepreneurship with digitalized value-chain activities. The purpose of …

Ambidextrous innovation orientation effected by the digital transformation: A quantitative research on fashion SMEs

V Scuotto, E Arrigo, E Candelo… - Business Process …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new perspective on ambidextrous
innovation orientation looking at how the current digital transformation is accepted in the …