Study on the Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Low-carbon Technology Innovation in the Global Value Chain

2015 ◽  
pp. 265-270
Author(s):  
Ke-xin Bi ◽  
Xiang-xiang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Low Carbon

scholarly journals The Role of the Global Value Chain in Improving Trade and the Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Evidence From China’s Manufacturing Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shi Deqiang ◽  
Chen Zhijun ◽  
Marzena Hajduk-Stelmachowicz ◽  
Abdul Razaque Larik ◽  
Muhammad Zahid Rafique
Keyword(s):  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Manufacturing Companies

In the domain of globalization, the global value chain (GVC) is formed across diverse economies. Owing to the expansion of economic globalization and the resultant global trade liberalization, the geographical isolation of production and consumption has resulted in the transfer of polluting emissions from advanced economies to developing states. Developing economies, falling in the middle and low end of the GVC, have to strive hard to expand their production in the GVC, while simultaneously addressing the consequent environmental damage and attending to the core environmental concerns of sustainable growth, energy preservation and drastic cuts in CO2. This paper addresses how manufacturing subsidiaries can improve their low-carbon innovation ability and help to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage through the embedded GVC. Data were gathered employing interview and survey methods, 31 manufacturing companies and 56 enterprise groups across 16 Chinese provinces were selected as the case study. A partial least square structural equation modelling was adopted to analyse the responses. The results indicate that the embedded GVC significantly enhances low-carbon innovation capability and promotes a sustainable competitive advantage. This study proposes that companies should continuously identify high-quality resources from the GVC and discover ways of integrating internal and external carbon innovation resources to form innovation capabilities.

scholarly journals Low-End Lock-In of Chinese Equipment Manufacturing Industry and the Global Value Chain

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2981
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Huiying Sun ◽  
Jincheng Huang ◽  
Qingbo Huang
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Global Value Chain ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Production Chain ◽  
Physical Location ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing ◽  
Equipment Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Lock In

This paper focuses on the low-end lock-in problem faced by China’s equipment manufacturing industry, which is heavily involved in the global value chain (GVC). Specifically, we use the production chain length system and total trade accounting framework to measure some physical and economic location indicators. The physical location measures the forward production length, backward production length, and the location index, whereas the economic location measures various types of value-added in industry exports. The results show that China’s equipment manufacturing industry has deepened its physical and economic low-end lock-in with the gradual deepening of China’s equipment manufacturing industry’s participation in GVC. From a segmented perspective, the manufacture of fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment) and electrical equipment has the deepest degree of low-end lock-in physical location; the manufacture of computer, electronic, and optical products has the deepest degree of economic low-end lock-in. Therefore, China should accelerate its breakthroughs in the low-end locking dilemma and climb the GVC by adopting various measures such as accelerating the implementation of the intelligent manufacturing strategy, developing service-oriented equipment manufacturing industries, cultivating the domestic market, realizing low-carbon manufacturing, and improving enterprises’ independent innovation capabilities.

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.

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