Global Value Chains: Surveying Drivers and Measures

Amador, João; Cabral, Sónia

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2510825

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confidence: 92%

“…This is also consistent with Eberhard-Ruiz and Calabrese (2018) who show that extra cost of delay, bureaucratic influence, corruption and customs procedures can add up to 15% to the price of goods thereby undermining the export competitiveness of firms. The findings also align with the findings of the previous studies such as those by Puertas Medina et al (2013), Nordas and Kim (2013) and Amador and Cabral (2014). Thus, timely delivery means that firms and consumers can access a wider variety and volume of the goods as the fixed cost of transporting the products into the foreign markets reduces.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

“…He indicates that transport costs are important barriers to international trade resulting in a reduction of export volume. The findings align with the findings of other studies such as Puertas Medina et al (2013), Nordas andKim (2013), Amador and Cabral (2014) and Lodefalk (2014). On their part, Arvis et al (2018) reported that infrastructure affects the economic development of a country in terms of raw materials and final products; hence, a sound infrastructure facilitates the mobility of factors of production which, in turn, improves productivity and reduces costs which are key measures of export East African Community competitiveness.…”

Section: East African Communitysupporting

confidence: 89%

“…They find that countries in which firms have access to high-quality transport, telecommunication, electricity and financial services tend to do better in terms of export price and their exports tend to be more resilient over time. Therefore, better quality services are important for moving up the value chain in firms for which countries have an advantage (Amador and Cabral, 2014;Nord as and Kim, 2013). Theoretically, this increases the economies of scale and return to scale in the production.…”

Section: Export Logistics Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

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Export logistics infrastructure and export competitiveness in the East African Community

Olyanga

Shinyekwa

Ngoma

et al. 2022

MSCRA

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of export logistics components: shipment arrangements, timely delivery, customs quality, trade infrastructure, and tracking and tracing on export competitiveness of firms in the East African Community (EAC).Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted the Structural Gravity Model and the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood (PPML). PPML a nonlinear estimation method was applied in STATA on a balanced panel data for the period of 2007–2018. Data were obtained from World Bank International Trade Centre (ITC), World Bank Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and World Bank development indicators.FindingsResults show that timely delivery and tracking and tracing of exports are positive and significant predictors of export competitiveness in EAC countries. Conversely, shipment arrangements, customs quality and trade infrastructure have no influence on export competitiveness.Research limitations/implicationsThe results of this study show that export logistics components of shipment arrangements, customs quality and trade infrastructure do not matter at the present in improving export competitiveness in the EAC. There is a need to examine the intricate nature of the EAC economy to further this study's findings.Practical implicationsThe EAC partner states should embrace deep integration by removing the behind the border trade barriers in addition to other trade restrictions, to create a common economic space among member states. This will further shrink the delivery time and the tracking and tracing of exports hence improving the competitiveness of EAC exports within the region and outside. Also, common and harmonized trade policies and regulations should be implemented through mutual recognition agreements where countries agree to recognize one another's conformity assessments.Originality/valueThis study explains the complex dynamic interactions of export logistics factors in the EAC using quantitative data and that this interaction has an effect on the export competitiveness in import-dominated countries with less harmonization in their trade policies.

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“…For a literature review on the determinants of GVC, see alsoAmador and Cabral (2014), OECD et al (2014),Taglioni and Winkler (2014).…”

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Implications of foreign direct investment, capital formation and its structure for global value chains

Adarov

Stehrer

2021

World Economy

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In the age of globalisation, international trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) have become integral elements of cross-country production sharing. In this paper we empirically assess the impact of FDI, as well as capital dynamics and structure, on the formation of global value chains (GVC) and trade in value added at country and sectoral levels based on a database constructed for a sample of European countries over the period 2000-2014. The analysis reveals that inward FDI is especially conducive to the formation of backward linkages while outward FDI facilitates forward GVC participation, especially in high-tech manufacturing sectors. A particularly robust influence of FDI and capital accumulation on GVC integration is identified in the textile and clothing industry. While capital accumulation in general intensifies GVC linkages for most sectors, ICT capital appears to be especially instrumental for backward integration of electrical and transportation equipment sectors.

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