Buckley, PJ orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-5589, Craig, TD and Mudambi, R (2019) Time to learn? Assignment duration in global value chain organization. Journal of Business Research, 103. pp. 508-518. ISSN 0148-2963
Abstract
In the examination of outsourcing and offshoring strategies to establish and orchestrate global value chains (GVCs), scholars have focused almost exclusively on two key decision dimensions – control and location – as the primary determinants of these complex organizational structures. However, the dynamic, temporal nature of GVCs can be further explained via a third organizing decision dimension that has received surprisingly little attention in this literature: time. This relates to the length of time that control and location settings are chosen ex ante to remain in effect. We explore this issue and assert that assignment durations are linked to activity type, and that mismatched durations can destroy value in even the most logically controlled and located GVC activities. We argue that while control and location are essential decisions for GVC orchestrators, how long these settings are in put into effect also plays a critical but overlooked role in efficient value chain organization.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Elsevier Inc.. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Business Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Global value chains; Global factories; Orchestration; Outsourcing |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2018 12:54 |
Last Modified: | 02 Sep 2019 08:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.01.011 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125974 |
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