Upgrading in Value Chain: The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries

Manfred Kouty () and Patrice Bonaventure Ongono ()
Additional contact information
Manfred Kouty: Ministry of High Education
Patrice Bonaventure Ongono: University of Yaounde 2

A chapter in Investment and Competitiveness in Africa, 2017, pp 177-190 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Globalization has provided many opportunities for developing countries to integrate the world trade. Upgrading in Global Value Chain (GVC) is the efficient way to increase a country’s international competitiveness. This paper’s aim is to analyze and evaluate the factors that determine firms upgrading in sub-Saharan African countries. Using firm’s data of three sub-Saharan African countries (Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Mauritius) for the year 2009, our analysis shows that the selling price as firms profit indicator, the firms size, the ownership, the level of firms integration, the justice system, the access to finance and the unfair competition of informal sector influence firm’s upgrading decisions.

Keywords: Global value chains; Upgrading; Firms; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 H32 L25 O55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-319-44787-2_9

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783319447872

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-44787-2_9

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().