Africa and Sustainable Global Value Chains (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book contains a collection of studies on the interactions between businesses in Africa and Global Value Chains (GVCs) in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability. This is particularly pertinent given the asymmetrical power distribution between the global buyer and the African supplier, their governance relationships and the ongoing competitive pressures to reduce costs and increase flexibility to meet GVC demands. Rather than focusing on the sustainability of a single organization, GVCs address the sustainability of inter-firm value chains and global industries as a whole. With little differentiation between value chain creation and social / environmental degradation extending to people and raw material extraction (upstream) and disposal or recycling (downstream), sustainability issues need to be at the forefront of African business research interests. Nowadays, sustainability is considered a competitive advantage for a firm looking to join a GVC. Whether sustainability is approached from the viewpoint of an exporting firm motivated to join a GVC in its respective industry or whether a firm's continuing contractual or collaborative relationship with a buyer depends on its compliance with sustainability standards, both approaches focus on the ability of firms in Africa to benefit from joining sustainable GVCs.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Greening of Industry Networks Studies, 9
Release date:	February 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Regina Frei • Sherwat Ibrahim • Temidayo Akenroye
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	325
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-078790-5
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Business negotiation Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	3-03-078790-7
Barcode:	9783030787905

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