Title: Catching–Up Along the Global Value Chain: Models, Determinants and Policy
Implications in The Era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
The CatChain research project is funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 to investigate
the development of Catching-up process both from the developed as well as developing
countries’ perspective at the country, sector and firm level. The project is coordinated by
ICRIOS in Bocconi University with global partners in Africa, Asia, Latin America and
Europe with countries such as Greece, the Netherlands, Estonia, France, Spain, Brazil, India,
Costa Rica, Malaysia, South Africa and Republic of Korea.
The research is organised through the exchange of scholars among the developed and
developing parts of the globe. Scholars are exchanged to share their research experience
among the partners. This multidisciplinary approach allows the project to have a strong focus
on the delivery of high quality research output by undertaking both primary and secondary
data analyses by using rigorous scientific methodologies.
The scholars that have participated in the secondment have to generate research output; and
the publications of their work both in journals and books are expected to be delivered. The
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development (AJSTID) calls both
those who joined the secondment of the EU-Horizon 2020 Cat/Chain GVC and other scholars
to submit research papers for peer review of the first special issue that includes the presentations that have been made in the first cat/chain GVC Research Seminar on January, 29, 2020 with the TUT-FMS.
Objectives and scope of the special issue :
The general objective of the special issue is focusing on specific issues in bridging catching-up approach with the GVCs literature, to provide a strong scientific answer as to preparedness of a country to enter into the global market. The focus is on, but not limited to: what are the roles that entry, learning, and upgrading strategies interconnected with different Business Models play in fostering the process of catching-up; how can building innovation capabilities contribute to sustainable industrialization; what opportunities and challenges exist, and what type of policy frameworks need to be in place, and what interventions are required; what value chain approach can be adopted to give attention to opportunities and challenges of SMEs in the global economy; how can the fourth industrial revolution change the GVCs; how can countries and firms take advantage of engaging with GVC in building effective sustainable innovation system at global, regional, national, sectoral, technology levels?
The thematic areas include:
· Catchup
along the value chain through country specific case studies at firm and
sectoral level towards infrastructure and sustainable social-eco-system
development
·
Design
and implementation of innovation policies for industrial development
·
Micro-level performance
of domestic producers and services (import and export handling)
· Policy
framework that facilitates entries and supports SMEs towards inclusive and sustainable
industrialisation for catching-up in the Global Value chain.
· Building
effective sustainable innovation systems at different levels and identifying
the factual policies in order to prepare tomorrow’s workforce for the Fourth
Industrial Revolution
Submission guidelines:
We would like to invite
you to submit a full manuscript to be considered for publication in the Special
issue of ‘Catching–Up along the Global Value Chain’. Submission of a full manuscript does not indicate
automatic acceptance for the present special Issue.
In order to
submit, authors should read carefully the journal
instructions and requirements
in terms of length, reference style etc., from the link: (https://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?show=instructions&journalCode=rajs20).
Important
dates:
·
1st
March 2020 : Full Manuscript
submission will be open
·
31st
August 2020 : Submission deadline
for full manuscript.
·
July
2021 : Expected
publication date
Editorial
Advisors:
Prof.
Mammo Muchie (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa),
Prof. Franco Malerba (Bocconi
University, Italy)
Dr. Roberto Mavilia (Bocconi University, Italy)
Dr. Yemisi Abisuga (Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa)
Dr.
Thokozani Simelane (Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria)
