O: Global Value Chains

Thursday, 2 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


O-01
Management Studies and the Global Value Chain Framework: Future Perspectives
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Eleonora Di Maria, University of Padua; Maria Chiarvesio, University of Udine; Stefano Micelli, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Moderator: Mari Sako, University of Oxford

Participants:
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquistions, Crisis and Reversal of Fortune: Rise and Falls of GM Daewoo and Renault Samsung in South Korea
Dongheon Lee, University College London
Who Is Running the Show in Global Value Chains? Rethinking the Role of Large First-Tier Suppliers in the Garments and Electronics Industry
Gale Raj-Reichert, University of Manchester; Khalid Nadvi, The University of Manchester; Shamel Azmeh, London School of Economics
The Governance of the Global Factory
Roger Strange, University of Sussex
From Vertical to Horizontal Value Chains: The Case of Etsy.Com
Marco Bettiol, University of Padua; Vladi Finotto, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia; Stefano Micelli, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


O-02
Gvc in Advanced Economies: Re-Shoring and Re-Industrialisation
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Mariachiara Barzotto, Ca' Foscari University Venice; Mario Volpe, Ca' Foscari University Venice; Lisa De Propris, The University of Birmingham
Moderator: Lisa De Propris, The University of Birmingham

Participants:
Disintegration and Re-Integration of the Value Chain: Preliminary Evidence on the Re-Shoring of Business Services
Filippo Albertoni, Politecnico di Milano; Stefano Elia, Politecnico di Milano; Lucia Piscitello, Politecnico di Milano
Fast-Fashion Retailers Claim Bringing Manufacturing Back Home to the UK Is Not All about Lowering Costs. but They Would Say That Wouldn't They, so What Is the Reality for a Local Workforce
Pamela K. Robinson, Birmingham Business School - University of Birmingham
Shortening British Manufacturing Value Chains: Onshoring or Reshoring?
David Bailey, Aston Business School; Lisa De Propris, The University of Birmingham
Companies' International Openness and Local Common-Pool Resources: The Need for Balance in Advanced Economies
Mariachiara Barzotto, Ca' Foscari University Venice; Mario Volpe, Ca' Foscari University Venice; Giancarlo Corò, Ca' Foscari University Venice

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


O-03
Innovation in Technology-Intensive Gvcs
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Gary Gereffi, Duke University; Mari Sako, University of Oxford; Timothy Sturgeon, MIT; Eric Thun, University of Oxford
Moderator: Eric Thun, University of Oxford

Participants:
Gvc Governance and Skills Mobility – Exploring the Interrelations
Nana Wesley Hansen, University of Copenhagen; Nikolaj Lubanski, Copanhagen Capacity Talent Bridge
State-Driven R&D Outsourcing and Industrial Upgrading in Brazil
Ezequiel Zylberberg, University of Oxford
Varieties of Innovation: The Creation of Wind and Solar Industries in China, Germany, and the United States
Jonas Nahm, Brown University
Exploring the Role of Knowledge in the Configuration of Global R&D Value Chains and Networks: A Study of Outsourcing and Offshoring in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Paulina Ramirez, University of Birmingham

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


O-04
Inserting Values into Gvcs
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Gary Gereffi, Duke University; Mari Sako, University of Oxford; Timothy Sturgeon, MIT; Eric Thun, University of Oxford
Moderator: Gary Gereffi, Duke University

Participants:
Regulatory Solutions to Improving Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector: Exploring Effects in US and European Supplier Factories
Jette Steen Knudsen, Copenhagen University
Human Rights and MNEs in Gvcs
Stefan Zagelmeyer, The University of Manchester; Mo Yamin, The University of Manchester; Rudolf Sinkovics, The University of Manchester
Overcoming Institutional and Governance Problems within Fast Fashion? the Prospects of Emerging Forms of Monitoring Social Standards in the UK Garment Value Chain
Nikolaus Hammer, Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures, School of Management, University of Leicester; Réka Plugor, Centre for Sustainable Work and Employment Futures, University of Leicester
Investigating the Link Between Types of Garment Value Chains and Working Conditions
Chikako Oka, Royal Holloway University of London

Friday, 3 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


O-05
Resilience in Local Systems and Emerging Issues in Industrial District, Cluster and Global Value Chain Analysis
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Valentina De Marchi, University of Padova; Joonkoo Lee, Hanyang University; Khalid Nadvi, The University of Manchester
Moderator: Joonkoo Lee, Hanyang University

Participants:
Describing the Change: Evolutionary Trajectories of Industrial Districts in Global Value Chains
Valentina De Marchi, University of Padova; Gary Gereffi, Duke University; Roberto Grandinetti, University of Padova
Global Value Chains and Manufacturing: Which Role for Industrial Districts?
Marco Bettiol, University of Padova; Maria Chiarvesio, University of Udine; Eleonora Di Maria, University of Padova
Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group in Czech Republic and Slovakia: Global Value Chain Perspective in Search of Competitiveness Strategy in Europe
Evgeni Evgeniev, VUZF University

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


O-06
The Local-Global Nexus and the Sustainability Challenge
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Valentina De Marchi, University of Padova; Joonkoo Lee, Hanyang University; Khalid Nadvi, The University of Manchester
Moderator: Valentina De Marchi, University of Padova

Participants:
Global and Local Governance of Clusters in the Extended Supplier Networks of Cotton Garments Sold in the UK and Produced in India
Rachel Alexander, University of Manchester
Local Responses to Global Market Pressures in the Textile and Apparel Industry: Evidence from Six Northern Italian Companies
Ruggero Golini, University of Bergamo; Barbara Resta, University of Bergamo; Stefano Dotti, University of Bergamo; Matteo Kalchschmidt, University of Bergamo
Industrial Clusters and the Institutionalization of Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: The Role of International Donor Funding
Anjum Fayyaz, Lahore University of Management Sciences; Peter Lund-Thomsen, Copenhagen Business School; Adam Lindgreen, Cardiff Business School
Managing Product Innovation in Global Value Chains: Why Co-Location Still Matters
Giulio Buciuni, Ca' Foscari University of Venice; Vladi Finotto, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


O-07
The Importance of Place in Gvc Analysis
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Gary Gereffi, Duke University; Mari Sako, University of Oxford; Timothy Sturgeon, MIT; Eric Thun, University of Oxford

Participants:
Restructured Global Value Chains and Reconfigured Urban Space: The Case of Apparel Value Chains in the Guro Industrial Complex, Seoul, Korea
Gwanho Park, Hanyang University; Joonkoo Lee, Hanyang University
Industrial Downgrading? the Television Industry in Mexico. Technological Change and Cluster “Deformation”
Janette Brito, UABC; Jorge H. Carrillo, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte; Redi Gomis, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
The Impacts of Trade Defence on Global Production Networks: The EU-China Solar Panel Case
Louise Curran, toulouse business school
The Cross-Border Region Between Mexico and the United States and the Expansion of the Global Production Networks (Session O. Global Value Chains)
Maria del Rosio Barajas, El Colegio de la Frontera Norte/San Diego State University

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


O-08
Testing and Broadening the Gvc Framework
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Gary Gereffi, Duke University; Mari Sako, University of Oxford; Timothy Sturgeon, MIT; Eric Thun, University of Oxford
Moderator: Gary Gereffi, Duke University

Participants:
Firms, Organization and Global Value Chains in International Trade: Transactional Trade Data and the Fragmentation of Production in China
Mark Dallas, Union College
Integrating Work and Gender into Global Value Chain Analysis – Exploring the Conceptual Challenges
Stephanie Barrientos, University of Manchester
From Governance to Corporate Strategy: Injecting Management Studies into Global Value Chain Research
Mari Sako, University of Oxford; Ezequiel Zilberberg, Said Business School

Saturday, 4 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


O-09
Gvcs in Europe: New Patterns of Internationalization
O: Global Value Chains

Session Organizers: Gary Gereffi, Duke University; Mari Sako, University of Oxford; Timothy Sturgeon, MIT; Eric Thun, University of Oxford
Moderator: Roberta Rabellotti, Universitá di Pavia

Participants:
International Linkages, Gvc Operation and Performance: A European Firm-LEVEL Analysis
Mariarosaria Agostino, Università della Calabria; Anna Giunta, Università  Roma Tre; Domenico Scalera, Università del Sannio; Francesco Trivieri, Università della Calabria
Global Value Chains and Knowledge in Creative Industries: The Case of Quebec and Sweden's Video Game Clusters
Bibiana Pulido, University of Montreal
The Location Strategies of Multinationals from Emerging Countries in the EU Regions
Riccardo Crescenzi, London School of Economics; Roberta Rabellotti, Universitá di Pavia; Carlo Pietrobelli, Inter-American Development Bank