Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Delera, Michele
Author-Email: delera@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Pietrobelli, carlo
Author-Email: pietrobelli@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, and University Roma Tre
Author-Name: Calza, Elisa
Author-Email: calza@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, and UNIDO
Author-Name: Lavopa, Alejandro
Author-Email: lavopa@unido.org
Author-Workplace-Name: UNIDO
Title: Does value chain participation facilitate the adoption of industry 4.0 
	 technologies in developing countries?
Abstract: The adoption of new technology is a key driver of firm performance and
	 economic development. In this paper, we develop a framework for the
	 firm-level analysis of the adoption of digital technology in developing
	 economies. We investigate whether firms' participation to global value
	 chains (GVCs) can facilitate the adoption of digital technologies. Using
	 a novel database on the adoption of different generations of technology
	 by manufacturing firms in Ghana, Vietnam, and Thailand, we document that
	 the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies remains extremely limited. We
	 also find that firms' participation to GVCs is an important driver of
	 digital technology adoption, and that adoption is positively associated
	 with firm-level performance. 
Classification-JEL: O12, O14, O33
Keywords: Value Chain, GVCs, Industry 4.0, Technology adoption, Economic development,
	 Capabilities
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20201012
Number: 2020-046
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2020/wp2020-046.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2020046