Servicification of Manufacturing in Global Value Chains: Upgrading of Local Suppliers of Embedded Services in the South African Market for Wind Turbines.
While services are an essential element in the global production, trade and consumption of manufactured goods, limited research has been conducted on the role of services in studies of global value chains (GVCs). Recently, however, an emerging literature on the 'servicification' of manufacturing in...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Development Studies Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 787 - 809 |
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