Product Modularity and the Rise of Global Value Chains: Insights from the Electronics Industry

Byron Gangnes () and Ari Van Assche ()
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Ari Van Assche: Department of Economics, UC Davis

No 201119, Working Papers from University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics

Abstract: The electronics industry has undergone a transformation from dominant vertically integrated firms to a system of lead firms that specialize in single slices of global value chains. We consider the role that modularization has played in this transformation, the insights this provides for our understanding of global supply chains, and the implications for future research.

Keywords: economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C73 C90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2011-12-01
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