Linking business strategies with upgrading pathways in global value chains: Insights from the Kenyan solar market

被引：7
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作者：
Hansen, Ulrich Elmer [1 ,4 ]
Bhamidipati, Padmasai Lakshmi [2 ]
Pedersen, Mathilde Brix [2 ]
Nygaard, Ivan [1 ]
Njoroge, Hope Nyambura [3 ]
机构：
[1] Tech Univ Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark
[2] UNEP Copenhagen Climate Ctr, Copenhagen, Denmark
[3] Strathmore Univ, Nairobi, Kenya
[4] Tech Univ Denmark, Soc Market & Policy Sect, DTU Wind & Energy Syst, Frederiksborgvej 399,118, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
来源：
DEVELOPMENT POLICY REVIEW | 2023年 / 41卷 / 02期
关键词：
agency; business strategies; global value chains; local firms; upgrading; RENEWABLE ELECTRIFICATION; GOVERNANCE; INNOVATION; ELECTRONICS; TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS;
D O I：
10.1111/dpr.12655
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
MotivationResearch on global value chains (GVCs) has tended to overlook the agency of the local firm when it comes to processes of upgrading.PurposeWe attend to this knowledge gap by exploring the relationship between the business strategies and upgrading pathways of 14 firms operating in the value chain for solar systems in Kenya.Methods and approachThe article draws on in-depth fieldwork carried out in Kenya, which included 30 semi-structured interviews with firm representatives and industry informants.FindingsWe find that local firms pursue different upgrading pathways in order to be competitive and we show the underlying business strategies whereby firms pursue different upgrading pathways.Policy implicationsThe article contributes to overcoming the prevailing black-boxing in the GVC literature on local firms undergoing processes of upgrading.
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