STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN INDUSTRY AND FILIÈRES

This paper argues that the large changes in the extension of markets implied by globalisation call for a renewed analysis of production organisation and the filieres in which firms produce and sell products, in order to better understand structural changes in industries. After a review of structural...

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Published inRevue d'économie industrielle no. 144; p. 177
Main Authors Bianchi, Patrizio, Labory, Sandrine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brussels Editions De Boeck Superieur 01.10.2013
Subjects
Competition
Consumers
Economic impact
Emerging markets
Globalization
Industrial development
Industrial policy
Manufacturing
Organization theory
Organizational change
Technological change
Trends
Value added
France
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Summary:This paper argues that the large changes in the extension of markets implied by globalisation call for a renewed analysis of production organisation and the filieres in which firms produce and sell products, in order to better understand structural changes in industries. After a review of structural changes, we briefly discuss some of the concepts and approaches existing in the literature to study production processes; of these, we consider the filière, global value chains and sectoral systems of innovation and production. All these approaches are useful to provide detailed analyses of the organisation of production within the firm and outside, with their networks of suppliers. However, they do not represent theories that could help predict in what circumstances certain specialisations or technological developments could be preferred. All approaches however appear to be complementary in deriving industrial policy implications. A deeper reflection on the way in which these approaches can be used to provide insights on structural changes appear therefore useful in order to derive precise industrial policy recommendations.
ISSN:0154-3229
1773-0198