Special issue: Shifting end markets and upgrading prospects in global value chains

International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development 4(1-3) 2011

• What are the implications for global value chains when the market shifts from the north to the south?
• Upgrading of smallholder agro-food production in Africa: the role of lead firm strategies and new markets
• Upgrading and restructuring in the global apparel value chain: why China and Asia are outperforming Mexico and Central America
• Value chain dynamics, local embeddedness, and upgrading in the clothing sectors of Lesotho and Swaziland
• Global value chains in the electronics industry: characteristics, crisis, and upgrading opportunities for firms from developing countries
• Going mobile in China: shifting value chains and upgrading in the mobile telecom sector
• Global value chains in the automotive industry: an enhanced role for developing countries?
• The offshore services value chain: upgrading trajectories in developing countries
• Labour standards and technological upgrading: competitive challenges in the global football industry