Global Value Chains, Flexibility and Sustainability

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This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts. In the first part of the book, various authors discuss how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of global value chains through various types of analyses. While the focus is on cluster management, and mergers and joint ventures, the legal aspects of control and liability concerning the integration of value chains, is also examined in one of the contributions. The second part includes chapters concerning ‘Strategy and Flexibility’. Strategies concern topics such as inventory management, talent management, strategic alignment, decision making, behavioural change and HR systems. The third and final part of the volume concerns the topic of ‘Sustainability’, wherein the contributions focus on various initiatives intended to promote sustainability across respective value chains bearing in mind the concept of flexibility. The book is a valuable resource for a varied audience, ranging from management students and researchers, to practicing business managers, as well as for professional institutions, consultants, and corporate organizations. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Valuation of Flexibility Initiatives Along the Value Chain ( Sushil)....Pages 3-14 Exploiting Locational Resources in a World of Global Value Chains: Strategic Considerations for Clustered Firms and Cluster Managers (Stephan Rohde, Susanne Royer, John Burgess)....Pages 15-31 MSME Competitiveness for the Global Value Chain—A TRIZ-Based Approach (Shishir Shrotriya, Sanjay Dhir)....Pages 33-46 Do Mergers Destroy Value in India? (Neelam Rani, Surendra S. Yadav, P. K. Jain)....Pages 47-61 Law and the Operation of Global Value Chains: Challenges at the Intersection of Systematisation and Flexibility (Kevin Sobel-Read, Madeleine MacKenzie)....Pages 63-76 Technology Transfer and Innovation in Global International Joint Ventures—Emerging Markets’ Perspective (Nakul Parameswar, Sanjay Dhir)....Pages 77-87 Modelling Subsidiary Innovation Factors for Semiconductor Design Industry in India (Dixit Manjunatha Betaraya, Saboohi Nasim, Joy Mukhopadhyay)....Pages 89-115 Front Matter ....Pages 117-117 Innovative Inventory Management for Flexible Adaptation (István Fekete, Tamás Hartványi)....Pages 119-132 Flexible Benchmarking Approach of Talent Management: A Case Study of MIDHANI (D. K. Likhi, C. Sabita, Akanksha Rao)....Pages 133-143 Strategy Alignment of Critical Continuity Forces w.r.t. Technology Strategy and Business Strategy and Their Hierarchical Relationship Using TISM (Prakash Kumar Kedia, Sushil)....Pages 145-159 Manufacturing Flexibility Under Uncertain Demand by a Real Options Approach (Katsunori Kume, Takao Fujiwara)....Pages 161-171 Resistance to Integrate Information Systems in Healthcare Service: A Study on Developing Country (Nusrat Jusy Umme, Md. Maruf Hossan Chowdhury)....Pages 173-186 Towards an Effective Agricultural e-Trading System in India (P. K. Suri)....Pages 187-203 Impact of Behavioral Flexibility on Flexible HR System and Organizational Role Stress (Priyanka Jaiswal)....Pages 205-220 Front Matter ....Pages 221-221 Organizational Sustainability—Why the Need for Green HRM? (Christina Kirsch, Julia Connell)....Pages 223-239 Sustainability in Conformity Assessment: Flexibility of Technical Harmonization (Raimonda Liepiņa, Inga Lapiņa, Jānis Mazais)....Pages 241-256 Evaluation of Market Surveillance Implementation and Sustainability (Svetlana Mjakuškina, Inga Lapiņa)....Pages 257-269 A Glimpse of Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing for India: A Study Using PEST-SWOT Analysis (Manoj Kumar Singh, Harish Kumar, M. P. Gupta, J. Madaan)....Pages 271-281 Selection of Sustainable Suppliers (Pravin Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Singh)....Pages 283-300 Flexible Waste Management Practices in Service Sector: A Case Study (Aarti Singh, Sushil)....Pages 301-318 Shifts Between Technology Push and Market Pull Strategies for Sustainable Development in Manufacturing Industries (A. P. S. Sethi, I. P. S. Ahuja, Anuj Singla)....Pages 319-331 Back Matter ....Pages 333-339