@article{2016:gancarczyk:sme_suppli,
title = {SME supplier upgrading during the cooperation life cycle – Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe},
year = {2016},
note = {This paper proposes mechanisms of SME supplier upgrading during the
cooperation life cycle, in the CEE context. The methodology consists
in 1) confronting and then combining the global value chain governance
and the resource-based streams of research on upgrading and learning
with the use of the cooperation cycle as a mediator and 2) formulating
research hypotheses to be tested in the specific type of case study,
namely a prospective case study. According to the findings, in the
initial phase of cooperation, upgrading is primarily determined by the
network governance mode, which depends on asset specificity,
contractual hazards, and supplier capability. At this stage of
cooperation, we also identified absorptive capacity as instrumental to
introducing customer-driven innovations. During the evolution of
cooperation, upgrading is determined by absorptive capacity and
dynamic capabilities of the supplier, while the governance mode forms
an institutional framework enabling these factors to act.},
journal = {JEEMS Journal of East European Management Studies},
pages = {318--351},
author = {Gancarczyk, Marta and Gancarczyk, Jacek},
volume = {21},
number = {3}
}