scholarly journals Sustaining Small Exporters’ Performance: Capturing Heterogeneous Effects of Government Export Assistance Programs on Global Value Chain Informedness

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeong Hugh Han ◽  
Hyun-Yong Park
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Export Assistance

The previous literature extensively highlighted the importance of export promotion programs (EPPs) provided by governments to enhance small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance. However, the literature still (1) lacks sufficient depth in analysing the way different types of EPPs sustain SME export performance and (2) suffers from the absence of an EPP portfolio that guides an efficient resource allocation for different EPP types. To fill these gaps, our study (1) developed a research model that integrates three different types of EPPs and (2) tested their indirect impacts on sustainable export performance via global value chain informedness, which is a largely ignored but indispensable capability in exporting. Using a partial least-squares equation model (PLS SEM) method to analyze 156 samples collected from 1st of October to 31st of December of 2018 by accessing Korean SMEs’ export managers, our model addresses the different roles of EPP types and also the part of the SME value chain informedness that acts as a critical enabler for sustaining export performance. Furthermore, by complementing the PLS SEM with an importance and performance analysis matrix (IPA matrix), we provide an action plan that guides an appropriate resource allocation to different types of EPPs. In theory, we provide an explanation for how different EPPs work for SMEs via the value chain informedness of SMEs for the export performance. We further capture such EPPs operating over the longer term, with a lasting export performance of SMEs so as to supply a sounder theoretical rationale for the EPP provision. The action plan delivers strategic implications for policy makers dealing with export-assistance programs operations. With the importance of global network involvement and communication with foreign partners, the incorporation of value chain informedness uncovers the necessity of interfirm network-focused informedness in international business literature.

The Effect of Export Assistance Program Usage on Export Performance: A Contingency Explanation

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esra F. Gençtürk ◽  
Masaaki Kotabe
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Empirical Evaluation ◽  
Export Promotion ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
Export Marketing ◽  
Export Assistance

On the basis of a synthesis of prior research, the authors develop a model, which integrates export marketing involvement and the use of government export promotion assistance programs as critical variables affecting export performance, and subject it to empirical evaluation. In this context, the authors also investigate organizational and managerial differences among the firms involved in export marketing to ascertain the robustness of and replicate the observed differences in firms’ export marketing involvement behavior. The results indicate that export marketing involvement of firms and firms’ usage of government export assistance programs are important export success factors. However, the relevance of export assistance programs and the role they play vary depending on the dimension of export performance being considered.

EXPRESS: Inter-Organizational Paradox Management: How National Business Systems Affect Responses to Paradox Along a Global Value Chain

2021 ◽  
pp. 017084062199323
Author(s):  
Stephanie Schrage ◽  
Andreas Rasche
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Business Systems ◽  
Organizational Responses ◽  
Footwear Industry ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Organizational Paradox ◽  
National Business Systems ◽  
National Business

This study discusses the relationship between inter-organizational paradox management, national business systems, and global value chains. Using case study evidence from a global value chain in the footwear industry (in Germany and China), we analyze how different businesses in the chain responded to the paradoxical tension arising from the competing demands to provide a living wage to workers and to uphold financial performance. Our findings highlight organizational responses to this paradox along the value chain, showing how these responses were shaped by the interplay of different types of pressures exerted by national business systems and the value chain itself. While these pressures were aligned in the German part of the chain, they were not aligned on the Chinese side. The study makes two contributions: (1) we develop a taxonomy outlining how the alignment of different types of pressures influences whether organizations choose either proactive or defensive paradox management; and (2) we argue that theorizing the impacts of cross-national distance on paradox management can be enhanced by adopting a multidimensional approach to institutional variety that extends beyond culture-based arguments.

scholarly journals Research on the Digitization of Manufacturing Will Enhance the Competitiveness of the Value Chain Based on Advantage Comparison

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
You-Qun Wu ◽  
Huai-Xin Lu ◽  
Xin-Lin Liao ◽  
Jia-Ming Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Digital Input ◽  
Technology Service ◽  
Different Types ◽  
High Knowledge ◽  
Information Technology Service ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
Positive Effect

This paper uses WIOD data to calculate and analyze the dominant comparative advantage of Chinese manufacturing global value chain (GVC) based on the WWZ method and empirically studies the influence of digitization on the competitiveness of manufacturing GVC. The main findings are as follows: (1) The competitiveness of Chinese manufacturing GVC has been improved as a whole. The GVC competitiveness of different types of industries is quite different: GVC in middle- and low-knowledge-intensive industries have the highest competitiveness, while those with middle- and high-knowledge-intensive industries have the lowest competitiveness and apparent shortboard industries. (2) Digitization is conducive for enhancing the competitiveness of manufacturing GVC. In terms of industries, digitization has a significant positive effect on the GVC competitiveness of middle and high-knowledge-intensive industries but not on low knowledge ones. As for the sources of digital input, the positive effect is more outstanding. Also, it is more remarkable when it comes to the software and information technology service industry. (3) As for the mechanism of action, labor productivity is an effective way to improve the manufacturing GVC competitiveness digitally. Finally, after a robustness test, the positive effect of the digital input remains robust.

scholarly journals Exporters and global value chain participation: Firm-level evidence from South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caio Torres Mazzi ◽  
Gideon Ndubuisi ◽  
Elvis Avenyo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Entry ◽  
Related Trade

Using the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel data for 2009–17, this paper investigates how global value chain-related trade affects the export performance of manufacturing firms in South Africa. In particular, the paper uses extant classifications of internationally traded products to identify different categories of global value chain-related products and compares the productivity premium of international traders for these different categories. Also, the paper investigates possible differences in learning-by-exporting effects across the identified categories of global value chain-related products by estimating the effect of exporting before and after entry into foreign markets. The results confirm that global value chain-related trade is associated with a higher productivity premium compared with traditional trade. However, within the categories of exporters, only the firms that trade in global value chain-related products and simultaneously engage in research and development in the post-entry periods appear to learn from exporting.

The Changing Patterns of North Korea’s International Film Co-Productions Since the 1980s: A Global Value Chain Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-108
Author(s):  
Moon Hwy-Chang ◽  
Wenyang Yin
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
International Standards ◽  
The Political ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Changing Patterns ◽  
Film Productions

Although North Korea is one of the most closed countries in the world, it has long been pursuing international cooperation with other countries in order to upgrade the quality of its film industry to international standards. Preceding studies on this topic have mainly focused on the political influences behind filmmaking in general and very few studies have exclusively dealt with North Korea’s international co-productions. In this respect, in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the internalization strategy of North Korea’s film productions, this paper uses the global value chain as a framework for analysis. This approach helps understand the internationalization pattern of each value chain activity of film co-productions in terms of the film location and the methods for collaborating with foreign partners. By dividing the evolution of North Korea’s international co-productions into three periods since the 1980s, this paper finds that although North Korea has shown mixed results with different aspects of the film value chain, it has generally improved its internationalization over the three periods. This paper further provides strategic directions for North Korea by learning some of the successful Chinese experiences in the film sector regarding collaboration with foreign partners—to foster a win-win situation for all involved parties.

An Analysis of Global Value Chain of Agricultural and Food Products

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-84
Author(s):  
Yunsun Park ◽  
◽  
Oh-Sang Kwon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Global Value Chain
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