Welcome to our Harnessing Global Value Chains for Regional Development Book page, a portal to the subject. For those interested in the paperback version, e-book version or online version of the book, please follow the links. For those who want to understand a bit more about our work, we provide below numerous resources and forms to engage with the subject matter. You can find material under headings Sharing (associated materials and dissemination), Shaping (policy reports and policymakers engaging with its findings) and Discussing (book reviews and commentary).

We recommend starting with our Blurb below and if you like that, perhaps watch ‘What are Global Value Chains and why they matter for economic & regional development: Explainer’ under Sharing.

Blurb

This Regional Studies Policy Impact Book brings together the latest academic evidence and public policy insights on global value chains (GVCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). It comprises a comprehensive description and explanation of why they matter for regional development and policy. It focuses on how sub-national regions can leverage them for innovation and upgrading, or ‘levelling up’. Specifically, its attention is on how regions can build, embed and reshape GVCs to their local enhancement.

The book makes the case for proactive sub-national public policies for the engagement with GVCs and FDI. Its chosen approach is three-fold. First, it looks at why. Why GVCs and FDI matter and why sub-national policymakers should focus their attention on upgrading. It critically reviews different streams of research and evidence. This is in order to identify key definitions and conceptual foundations for the analysis of the link between GVCs, FDI and innovation at the sub-national and local level. Second, it looks at what. This is through new conceptualisations and critical insights on the regional drivers and impacts of global connectivity, bridging macro-international and micro-firm level approaches. Third, is the critical how. How policymakers can leverage GVCs and FDI for their regional benefit. It aims to review empirical evidence and available policy evaluation in order to highlight what works (and what does not) when leveraging these concepts to shape public policies for regional development.

Sharing

Associated materials and dissemination of the book

 

 

 

 

 

Shaping

Policy reports citing the book and policymakers directly engaged with the book’s findings.

 

 

Discussing

Book reviews and critical commentary on the book