Development Value Chains Meet Business Supply Chains: The concept of Global Value Chains unraveled

Sarah Drost, Jeroen Van Wijk and Sietze Vellema
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Sarah Drost: Maastricht School of Management, Endepolsdomein 150, 6201 BE Maastricht, The Netherlands, Phone: +31 43 38 70 848, E-mail: Drost@msm.nl
Jeroen Van Wijk: Maastricht School of Management.
Sietze Vellema: Wageningen University and Research Centre.

No 2011/08, Working Papers from Maastricht School of Management

Abstract: Value chain promotion is considered a key element of private sector development strategies and pro-poor growth. However, (value) chain concepts are rather complex and unclear. this paper unravels the concept of global value chains and studies the diversity of key value chain-related (supply chain, commodity chain, value chain) approaches. To this aim, we reviewed academic literature and donor agencies' reports, and consulted a limited number of key informants of donor agencies. This paper distinguishes between the strategic management perspective and the development perspective and reviews added values and limitations of each approach. The results suggest that practitioners use an eclectic approach towards the value chain concept, although the concept originates from clearly distinctive paths and could be susceptible to miscommunication and misuse. The authors avoid misunderstanding by explicitly opting for a public and pro-poor perspective of the concept of the Global Value Chain.

JEL-codes: D21 F14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 15 pages
Date: 2011-06
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