Purpose The authors investigate the impact of standards compliance on the participation in the global value chain and labour value-added of Vietnam's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach The authors use a three-period panel dataset of SMEs combined with...

The current study examines the causal effect of global competitiveness and its pillars on the various indicators of the global value chain while also recognising the complexity of the system. The network approach is employed to reveal these impacts, and the study spanned 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014,...

China is now Africa's largest trading partner, having surpassed the United States (US) in 2008. This is a vital development because trade facilitates capital injection as well as knowledge and technology spillovers in developing economies like Africa. However, the China-Africa trade has been...

Russia and the EU represent two economic blocs with high-value bilateral trade, especially in several specific sectors. The Russia-Ukraine war has facilitated the escalation of protectionism against Russia, and the EU and Western partners have introduced a set of sanctions on the import of goods...

This paper examines the subnational dimension of regional value-added transfers in multiscalar value chains in Brazil by analyzing the local content embedded in trade. This study reveals distinct spatial-based connectivity patterns within subnational and global value chains. An input-output...