Local Firm Upgrading in Global Value Chains: A Business Model Perspective (Business, Economics, and Law) - Softcover

Holste, Jan Hauke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3658097671 ISBN 13: 9783658097677

Publisher: Springer Gabler, 2015

Synopsis

Jan Hauke Holste analyzes how a company can innovate and change its business model to the degree that it can climb up the value chain. His research synthesizes a combination of the global value chain and the business model literature to create a new framework of local firm upgrading. The findings of an empirical test of the model indicate that local firms are more than just a link within a global value chain. Each firm has a choice and inter-firm differences indicate that there is a strong firm level factor. Next to other factors, the founder is the key driver of local firm upgrading. He is possibly the most important element within a firm.

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About the Author

Jan Hauke Holste received his first master’s degree in International Business and Management at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. He finished his second master degree at the University of Witten/Herdecke.

From the Back Cover

Jan Hauke Holste analyzes how a company can innovate and change its business model to the degree that it can climb up the value chain. His research synthesizes a combination of the global value chain and the business model literature to create a new framework of local firm upgrading. The findings of an empirical test of the model indicate that local firms are more than just a link within a global value chain. Each firm has a choice and inter-firm differences indicate that there is a strong firm level factor. Next to other factors, the founder is the key driver of local firm upgrading. He is possibly the most important element within a firm.

Contents

• Global Value Chain Literature
• The Business Model Literature
• Supply Chain and Local Firm Upgrading
• Business Model Innovation
• Ownership, the Role of the Company Founder

Target Groups

• Researchers and students in the field of economics with a focus on international business, global value chains, business model innovation, supply chains
• Managers of medium-sized companies, strategy and supply chain consultants, entrepreneurs

The Author

Jan Hauke Holste receivedhis first master’s degree in International Business and Management at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK. He finished his second master degree at the University of Witten/Herdecke.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer Gabler
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3658097671
• ISBN 13: 9783658097677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 79