Visualizing Research on Industrial Clusters and Global Value Chains: A Bibliometric Analysis

In the current digital era, the borders amongst firms are getting blurred when it comes to value creation. Therefore, the traditional configuration of the value chain is frequently replaced by other ones which include the collaborative participation of different agents. Within this context, global v...

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Autores: González-Torres, Thais, Rodríguez-Sánchez, José-Luis, Montero-Navarro, Antonio, Gallego-Losada, Rocío
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Repositorio:BURJC-Digital. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
OAI Identifier:oai:burjcdigital.urjc.es:10115/29571
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10115/29571
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Global value chain
Industrial cluster
Bibliometric study
Co-citation analysis
Co-word analysis
Sci-mat
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Sumario:In the current digital era, the borders amongst firms are getting blurred when it comes to value creation. Therefore, the traditional configuration of the value chain is frequently replaced by other ones which include the collaborative participation of different agents. Within this context, global value chains, where the value activities are located in different countries, and industrial clusters, which combine competition and cooperation, are attracting a growing attention of both business leaders and scholars in the recent years. Through a bibliometric analysis, this paper disentangles the intellectual and conceptual structure of the research topic of industrial clusters and global value chains. Results show the multidisciplinary character of the topic, including papers published in different areas, such as business, regional studies and world development, as well as its close link with aspects like innovation, regional development, governance or organization. Finally, this study remarks the research lines that could attract more attention in the immediate future.