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Asian firms and the restructuring of global value chains
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Asian trans-national garment manufacturers are transforming the structure of global value chains in the apparel industry. Recent studies show such first tier suppliers undertaking a greater range of functional activities. In many cases, these firms originate from the so-called ‘Rising Power’ economies, particularly ‘Greater China’ and South Asia. We argue that such, transnational, Asian firms can play a pivotal and strategic role in shaping the geography and organisational restructuring of the global value chain. Drawing on secondary sources and primary research we illustrate how such firms manage complex international production linkages, and ensure the incorporation of Jordan into the global garment industry. The paper contributes to the understanding of the role of these firms and how their behaviour is driven by complex dynamics linked to their own business strategies, their linkages with buyers, and their ability to exploit production and trade opportunities while maintaining high levels of global locational flexibility.
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“For example, Asian tier 1 suppliers to MNEs and OEMs become GVC lead firms in their own right by shifting production to lower cost locations in the region (Azmeh & Nadvi, 2014;Chen, Wei, Hu, & Muralidharan, 2016).”
From Global value chains: A review of the multi-disciplinary literature (2020) · cites this paper as Azmeh & Nadvi, 2014
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“Most studies focusing on GVC suppliers are concerned with upgrading as a performance goal, as evidenced by suppliers' development of technological and/or branding capabilities, or by their ability to reconfigure activities so as to become lead firms in their own right (e.g., Azmeh & Nadvi, 2014;Buckley 2009b;Chen et al., 2016).”
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“In fact, only two studies (Azmeh & Nadvi, 2014;Suder et al., 2015) directly address the regional effect in GVCs, although a larger number of empirical studies published in economic geography journals (Table 3) focus on GVC impacts on location-specific upgrading and regional development.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Azmeh, S., & Nadvi, K.
- Affiliations
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Nadvi, Khalid
- ORCID
- Nadvi, Khalid
- Venue
- International Business Review
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-08
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 708-717
- ISSN
- 0969-5931 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2128281936
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 30.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Business Review (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (acceptedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/J013234/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Social Sciences › Development › Software Engineering and Design Patterns
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
- Keywords
- global value chains, apparel industry, transnational firms, Asian firms, Greater China, South Asia, Jordan, buyer-supplier relationships, business strategy
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