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Upgrading in global value chains: lessons from latin american clusters

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Elisa Giuliani
Carlo Pietrobelli
Roberta Rabellotti () (SEMEQ Department - Faculty of Economics - University of Eastern Piedmont)

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The literature on industrial districts in advanced and less developed countries has shown that clustering helps local enterprises overcome growth constraints and compete in distant markets. Nevertheless, recent contributions have stressed that more attention needs to be paid to external linkages and to the role played by global buyers to foster upgrading at cluster level. In this study, we contribute to this debate focusing on the analysis of the relationships existing between clustering, global value chains, upgrading and sectoral patterns of innovation in Latin America. We find that sectoral specificities matter and influence the mode and the extent of upgrading in clusters integrated in global value chains.

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Paper provided by SEMEQ Department - Faculty of Economics - University of Eastern Piedmont in its series Working Papers with number 72.

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Keywords: Latin America; small enterprise; industrial policy; clusters; global value chain; innovation;

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O1 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
O3 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Technological Change
O54 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
R11 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Analysis of Growth, Development, and Changes

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