Evolution of production networks in the Asia–Pacific region: A vision in value-added and employment dimensions

As production activities are increasingly being fragmented and relocated across borders, a number of people have started to use the expression ‘global value chain’ (GVC), yet often without knowing what it really encompasses. The concept of GVCs was first elaborated through the discussions of the Glo...

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Hauptverfasser:	Armstrong, Shiro, Westland, Tom
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aggregate economy Business Business economics Commercial production Countries Economic analysis Economic disciplines Economic geography Economic regions Economic research Economic uncertainty Economic value Economics Employment Financial economics Financial markets Human geography Industrial production International economics Labor economics Macroeconomics Market conditions Political geography Production engineering Social sciences Supply Supply and demand Supply chain management Value added
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Zusammenfassung:	As production activities are increasingly being fragmented and relocated across borders, a number of people have started to use the expression ‘global value chain’ (GVC), yet often without knowing what it really encompasses. The concept of GVCs was first elaborated through the discussions of the Global Value Chains Initiative (2000–05) sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, and further crystallised in the seminal paper of Gereffi, Humphrey and Sturgeon (2005). Since then, substantial effort has been invested in empirical studies that attempt to capture the nature of global production sharing. Thanks to the successful development of the trade in value-added (TiVA)