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

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 received his first masterђ́ةs 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 3.3 Data Collection3.3.1 Primary Data Collection by Interviews; 3.3.2 Interview Guideline; 3.3.3 Credibility, Dependability and Transferability; 3.4 Sampling; 3.5 Industry Background of the Sample; 3.5.1 The IT/PC Industry; 3.5.2 The Textile Industry; 4. Data and Data Analysis; 4.1 Raw Data; 4.2 Data Analyses; 5. Results; 5.1 Interviewee and Company Information; 5.2 The Core Categories; 5.2.1 Customer Segments (CS); 5.2.2 Value Propositions (VP); 5.2.3 Channels (CH); 5.2.4 Customer Relationships (CR); 5.2.5 Revenue Streams (RS); 5.2.6 Key Resources (KR); 5.2.7 Key Activities (KA) Preface; Abstract; Contents; List of Acronyms; List of Figures; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Aim and Motivation; 1.2 Research Question and Objectives; 1.2.1 Research Question; 1.2.2 Research Objectives; 1.3. Brief Description of the Methodological Design; 1.4 Structure; 2. Literature Review; 2.1 Global Value Chain Literature; 2.2 The Business Model Literature; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Research Philosophy; 3.2 Research Strategy and Design; 3.2.1 Research Purpose: Exploratory; 3.2.2 Research Time Horizon: Cross-Sectional versus Longitudinal Studies; 3.2.3 Research Design: Multiple Case Studies 5.2.8 Key Partnerships (KP)5.2.9 Cost Structure (CS); 5.3 Additional Codes; 5.3.1 Competition; 5.3.2 Government; 5.3.3 Ownership, the Role of the Company Founder/IPO; 5.3.4 Company Size/Market Size; 5.4 Summary of the Results; 6. Conclusion, Discussion and Limitations; 6.1 Discussion; 6.2 Limitations and Outlook; 6.3 Conclusion; References; Appendix Front Matter....Pages I-XV Introduction....Pages 1-3 Literature Review....Pages 5-19 Methodology....Pages 21-28 Data and Data Analysis....Pages 29-30 Results....Pages 31-48 Conclusion, Discussion and Limitations....Pages 49-54 Back Matter....Pages 55-64