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INTRODUCTION
PRIMER ON GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS AND INTERNATIONAL
PRODUCTION NETWORKS
A. Context: Evolution of international business
B. Global value chains
C. International production networks
D. Types of global value chains/networks
E. The why of GVCs and IPNs: An organizational perspective
F. Structure of GVCs: Governing lead firm/supplier relations
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED
ENTERPRISES SUPPLIERS IN SELECTED GLOBAL AND VALUE
CHAINS
A. Introduction
B. Agribusiness: Fresh fruit and vegetable GVC
C. Wood furniture GVC
D. Apparel GVC
E. Automobile components GVC
PREPARING SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES FOR
COMPETING ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
A. Accessing global markets: Constraints on SMEs
B. Loosening constraints through business development services
C. Role of enterprise clusters
SUPPORTING GREATER MEKONG SUBREGION ENTERPRISE
PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS THROUGH SUBREGIONAL COOPERATION
A. Overview
B. Building on existing GMS cooperation
C. Agenda for action: GVC-focused GMS cooperation
CONCLUSION
A. A new perspective
B. Implication soft development and cooperation
ANNEX
Challenge to organizational strategy: “Match the best or outsource
to the best”
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