This paper presents a critical review of the global value chain (GVC) literature in light of the
“technological capabilities” approach to innovation in less-developed countries (LDCs) …

The research agendas of evolutionary economic geography (EEG) and global value chains
(GVCs) have developed more or less independently from each other, with little interaction so …

Accelerating processes of economic globalization have fundamentally reshaped the
organization of the global economy towards much greater integration and functional …

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and
well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an …

Summary The Innovation Systems (IS) literature tends not to emphasize the crucial impact of
international knowledge and innovation exchange and collaboration through, for example …

One of the puzzles about why some countries have stronger economic growth than others
revolves around the so-called'middle-income trap', the situation in which a country that has …

World trade and production are increasingly structured around “global value chains”(GVCs).
The last years have witnessed a growing number of case studies describing at the product …

This article explores in depth the role of indigenous and foreign innovation efforts in
technological change and catching up and their interactions in the emerging economies. It …

The African Economic Outlook is the only annual report that monitors in detail the economic
performance of 53 individual countries on the continent, using a strictly comparable …

The role of emerging economies in the global economy via embeddedness in Global Value
Chains (GVCs) is increasing, but their ability to become innovation leaders is less certain …