DETERMINANT FACTORS OF INSERTION IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION

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https://doi.org/10.18568/internext.v15i3.583

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Global Value Chains, Participation, Mineral Industry, Panel Data, Fixed Effect Model

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to investigate the factors that contribute to the participation of the global mining industry in global value chains (GVCs).

Method: With an explanatory nature and a quantitative approach, this study uses multiple regression as a statistical technique using the Fixed Effect Model. The data structure is in a panel, referring to 62 countries, and corresponds to the period from 2001 to 2015.

Main results: The results show that 77% of developing countries have a low share of their mining industries in GVCs compared to the average presented by the sample countries. Also, the result of the model suggests that the trade openness and qualified labor are fundamental to increase the participation of this industry in GVCs.

Relevance / originality: The mining industry is strategic from an economic point of view for many countries and besides, it offers essential inputs for a productive chain of most of the goods used by modern society. Despite this, few studies analyze this industry under a theoretical lens of GVCs.

Theoretical / methodological contributions: This study seeks to expand the GVC literature by providing evidence of what factors contribute to the participation of the mining industry in these chains.

Social / management contributions: There are possible ways that can improve the participation of countries that have a poorly integrated mining industry in GVCs.

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Author Biographies

Ludmila Martins Floris, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Estudante de doutorado no Departamento de Administração e Economia (DAE) da Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA), é mestre em qualidade e desempenho das organizações pela Université de Technologie de Compiègne (2016) e possui graduação em Engenharia de Minas pela Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais (2014). Atuou no Departamento de Engenharia da UFLA com o objetivo de iniciar a implantação do sistema de gestão de qualidade ISO 9001 (2017) e lecionou no curso técnico em Mineração da UNITEN (2017). Atualmente é docente voluntária da disciplina de organizações Sistemas e Métodos e atua na área de Negócios Internacionais com foco nas cadeias globais de valor.

Cristina Lélis Leal Calegário, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Doutorado em Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Georgia (2005) e Estágio Sênior financiado pela Capes no Departamento de Management & Global Business na Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (2015-2016). Professora da Universidade Federal de Lavras com experiência na área de Economia Industrial e Internacional, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Impacto dos Investimentos Diretos Estrangeiros para Economias Locais, Estratégia de Investimento de Empresas Multinacionais, Geração de Inovação e Transferência de Conhecimento entre Subsidiárias Estrangeiras e Empresas Locais, Política Industrial e Investimento Estrangeiro, Expansão da Firma, Alianças Estratégicas entre Empresas, Aglomerações Espaciais e Biotecnologia Agrícola e Inovação. Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisa GEINI - Grupo de Economia Industrial e Negócios Internacionais, registrado no CNPq. Coordenadora por parte da UFLA do Consórcio em Educação Superior CAPES/FIPSE, desde 2008 com a UFRA e as Universidades americanas, North Michigan University e West Illinois University. Revisora de artigos científicos de periódicos e eventos nacionais e internacionais, tais como, AIB e EIBA.

Ednilson Sebastião Ávila, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Graduado em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei. Mestre em Economia Aplicada pela Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo. Doutor em Economia Aplicada pela Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo.

Rafaela Maiara Caetano, Universidade Federal de Lavras

Possui graduação em Ciências Econômicas pela Universidade Federal de São João del Rei (2015). Foi bolsista do Programa Institucional de Bolsas de Iniciação Científica PIBIC/FAPEMIG/UFSJ. Possui mestrado em Economia Aplicada pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Economia do Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) (2017). Atualmente é aluna de doutorado do programa de Pós Graduação em Administração da Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) na área intitulada Gestão de Negócios, Economia e Mercados. Faz parte do Grupo de Estudos em Economia Industrial e Negócios Internacionais (GEINI) nesta mesma instituição.

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Floris, L. M., Calegário, C. L. L., Ávila, E. S., & Caetano, R. M. (2020). DETERMINANT FACTORS OF INSERTION IN GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE MINING INDUSTRY PARTICIPATION. Internext - International Business and Management Review, 15(3), 80–102. https://doi.org/10.18568/internext.v15i3.583

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