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Local Firm Upgrading in Global Value Chains

A Business Model Perspective

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Jan Hauke Holste

    1. Frankfurt, Germany

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  • An Economic Study
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Part of the book series: Business, Economics, and Law (BEAL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-3

  3. Literature Review

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    Pages 5-19

  4. Methodology

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    Pages 21-28

  5. Data and Data Analysis

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    Pages 29-30

  6. Results

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    Pages 31-48

  7. Conclusion, Discussion and Limitations

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    Pages 49-54

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 55-64
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About this book

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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  • Frankfurt, Germany

    Jan Hauke Holste

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.

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