A Study of Lacquerware Industry’s Upgrading and Sustainability Strategies from the Perspective of GVCs—Using China Fuzhou Lacquerware Industry as Example

Jianping Huang, Chinlon Lin, Yang Gao and Chun-liang Chen
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Jianping Huang: Graduate School of Creative Industry Design, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City 22058, Taiwan
Chinlon Lin: Graduate School of Creative Industry Design, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City 22058, Taiwan
Yang Gao: Graduate School of Creative Industry Design, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City 22058, Taiwan
Chun-liang Chen: Graduate School of Creative Industry Design, National Taiwan University of Arts, New Taipei City 22058, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-23

Abstract: To discover how the lacquerware industry realizes its core competency, it is important to explore its upgrading strategies in the global value chains. The purpose of this study is to discuss the upgrading strategies applied during the lacquerware industry’s four economic stages and the approach to realize the industry’s sustainability. Results show that (1) OEM enterprises reach process upgrading with four strategies, ODM enterprises reach product upgrading with five strategies, OBM enterprises reach functional upgrading with four strategies, and OSM enterprises reach chain upgrading with two strategies; (2) the lacquerware industry‘s main elements in SSCM include the long-standing relations, reprocessing of defective products, employing the local community, and participation in regional and transregional development initiatives, wherein the design sector is the main link in the SSCM of the lacquerware. The result and implications provided by this study can serve as a reference for other lacquerware and local traditional handicraft industries that are seeking to upgrade and achieve sustainability during their economic development.

Keywords: global value chains (GVCs); design-driven innovation (DDI); industry upgrading; sustainability supply chain management (SSCM); local traditional craft (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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