Ponte, Stefano; Ewert, Joachim - In: World Development 37 (2009) 10, pp. 1637-1650
Summary Global Value Chain (GVC) analysis uses the concept of upgrading to highlight paths for developing country firms to "move up the value chain," usually through the lenses of four categories--product, process, functional, and inter-sectoral upgrading. The implicit normative expectation is...