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Les « upgradings stratégiques » des firmes subordonnées dans les CGV : le cas des éleveurs investissant dans des unités de méthanisation

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  • Alexandre Berthe
  • Pascal Grouiez
  • Louis Dupuy

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?This article considers the analysis of upgrading strategies, focusing at the level of subordinate firms themselves, with a more classical study at the GVC level. This approach develops the concept of ?strategic upgrading,? studies the institutional environment of subordinate firms, and draws on concepts from industrial economics, such as differentiation, diversification, and specialization, in order to understand these firms? strategies. It thus reexamines the category of inter-chain upgrading, i.e., the improvement of the position of actors of a GVC by integrating a new GVC. We confront this proposal with a territorialized case study on the development of biogas production by farmers in the Ardennes. We observe that these farmers are part of the emerging GVC of biomass energy based on their experience as ?captive? actors in the agro-industrial GVC. In particular, they have sized their biogas production units to be autonomous regarding agro-industry. This new activity also has feedback effects on their positioning in the agro-industrial GVC. ? ?JEL classification: ? ?L22, L23, Q13, Q16, Q42.?

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  • Alexandre Berthe & Pascal Grouiez & Louis Dupuy, 2018. "Les « upgradings stratégiques » des firmes subordonnées dans les CGV : le cas des éleveurs investissant dans des unités de méthanisation," Revue d'économie industrielle, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(3), pages 187-227.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:reidbu:rei_163_0187
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    1. Pascal Grouiez & Alexandre Berthe & Mathilde Fautras & Sabina Issehnane, 2020. "Determinanten und Messung des landwirtschaftlichen Einkommens aus der Biogasanlage und Stellung der Farmer in der Biomasseenergie-Wertschöpfungskette [Determinants and measure of income from on-far," Working Papers halshs-02886217, HAL.

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    Keywords

    global value chain (GVC); strategic upgrading; interchain upgrading; subordinate firms’ strategies; agro-industrial firms; biomass; biogas production; agriculture; joint products;
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    JEL classification:

    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • Q16 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
    • Q42 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Alternative Energy Sources

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