From its inception, governance and upgrading have been the twin pillars of the global value
chain (GVC) framework (Gereffi and Lee, 2012; Gereffi, 2014). Both grew out of the …

Technological and organizational changes have been crucial in transforming the way in
which production is organized across time and space. The steam engine in the nineteenth …

Humphrey J. and Schmitz H.(2002) How does insertion in global value chains affect
upgrading in industrial clusters?, Reg. Studies 36, 1017–1027. What is the scope for local …

It has been shown that clustering helps local enterprises in industrial districts overcome
growth constraints and compete in distant markets in advanced and less developed …

What is the scope for local upgrading strategies where producers operate in global value
chains? The recent literature on industrial clusters is optimistic about the possibility of …

Este artículo propone una interpretación del desarrollo como proceso de acumulación de
capacidades tecnológicas y sociales, en función del aprovechamiento de ventanas de …

This paper is concerned with the changing role of regional innovation systems and regional
policies in supporting the transition of indigenous firms in developing countries from …

Exporting has been upheld as the “Golden Standard” for industrial upgrading. However,
research using the value chain approach shows that upgrading for developing country firms …

The concept of'governance'is central to the global value chain approach. This article
explains what it means and why it matters for development research and policy. The concept …

The upgrading prospects of clusters of local enterprises differ according to the type of global
value chain they feed into. This is a central theme of the book running through most of its …