Global Value Chains Meet Innovation Systems: Are There Learning Opportunities for Developing Countries?

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1261-1269

  Pietrobelli, Carlo ^a   Rabellotti, Roberta ^b,c  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Global value chain; Innovation system; Learning

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING;

EID: 79957944103     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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