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SME supplier upgrading during the cooperation life cycle – Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

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  • Gancarczyk, Marta
  • Gancarczyk, Jacek

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This paper proposes mechanisms of SME supplier upgrading during the cooperation life cycle, in the CEE context. The methodology consists in 1) confronting and then combining the global value chain governance and the resource-based streams of research on upgrading and learning with the use of the cooperation cycle as a mediator and 2) formulating research hypotheses to be tested in the specific type of case study, namely a prospective case study. According to the findings, in the initial phase of cooperation, upgrading is primarily determined by the network governance mode, which depends on asset specificity, contractual hazards, and supplier capability. At this stage of cooperation, we also identified absorptive capacity as instrumental to introducing customer-driven innovations. During the evolution of cooperation, upgrading is determined by absorptive capacity and dynamic capabilities of the supplier, while the governance mode forms an institutional framework enabling these factors to act.

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  • Gancarczyk, Marta & Gancarczyk, Jacek, 2016. "SME supplier upgrading during the cooperation life cycle – Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe," Journal of East European Management Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 21(3), pages 318-351.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:joeems:jeems-2016-gancarczyk
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    1. Marta Gancarczyk & Joanna Bohatkiewicz, 2018. "Research Streams in Cluster Upgrading. A Literature Review," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 4(4), pages 17-42.
    2. Gancarczyk, Marta & Gancarczyk, Jacek, 2018. "Proactive international strategies of cluster SMEs," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 59-70.
    3. Marta Gancarczyk & Jon Mikel Zabala Iturriagagoitia, 2015. "The Process of the Growth of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)," Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, Fundacja Upowszechniająca Wiedzę i Naukę "Cognitione", vol. 11(4), pages 3-24.
    4. Marta Gancarczyk & Jacek Gancarczyk & Joanna Bohatkiewicz, 2017. "SME Roles in Modular Value Chains: Perspectives for Growth and Innovativeness," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 5(3), pages 95-117.
    5. Laura Pütz & Sabrina Schell & Arndt Werner, 2023. "Openness to knowledge: does corporate social responsibility mediate the relationship between familiness and absorptive capacity?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 60(4), pages 1449-1482, April.
    6. Marta, Najda-Janoszka & Jacek, Gancarczyk, 2018. "Addressing the Challenges of Industrial Transition Processes – the Case of Photovoltaics Industry," MPRA Paper 93538, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    Keywords

    supplier upgrading; cooperation life cycle; resource-based view; governance; networks;
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    JEL classification:

    • M16 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - International Business Administration
    • M21 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Economics - - - Business Economics
    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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