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Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains
Dissertation (Doctoral)--University of Pretoria, 2026.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/110236 Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains Barnes, Justin ichelp@gibs.co.za Bogie, Jill Ambrosio, Natasja UCTD Dissertation (Doctoral)--University of Pretoria, 2026. Regional value chains (RVCs), constituting the manufacture and supply of products to proximal markets, have emerged from the combined demand for shorter lead times and supply chain transparency on the part of lead firms, and protectionist trade policies on the part of the government. Scholars have identified this as an opportunity for emerging markets, but they have raised concerns about how these regions can advance their RVC competitiveness while simultaneously securing sustainable development outcomes. Emerging market MNEs (EMNEs) play a role in governing RVCs to drive development and gain value chain advantages, while also experiencing the competing demands of business and society. The research question explored how an EMNE governs its regional suppliers, how value is created, and how governance relates to value creation. An embedded multiple-case study of regional value chains in Southern Africa was conducted from a pragmatic perspective, aiming to understand the complexity of the challenges faced by firms in the RVC. Using company data, semi-structured interviews, and questionnaires with decision-makers from an EMNE and its regional suppliers across four different value chains, data were triangulated and compared at both the EMNE and value chain levels. The embeddedness of the RVCs in Southern Africa was an important context, as unemployment and levels of inequality in the region are significantly high. Therefore, it is unsurprising that the RVC participants across the four value chains focused strongly on the challenge of unemployment and mitigating its impact on the market. The findings revealed that while the EMNE understood the impact of its actions on the market and the broader regional value chain, the lack of investment presented a risk to secure sustainable RVCs. In response to this, a cost-capability-collaboration (3C) framework was developed to enable a targeted approach to achieve both cost competitiveness and capability investment through collaboration, and where the context becomes an active agent in the process. By applying the framework, RVCs can collaborate more strategically to invest in the capabilities required to embed a more sustainable path for the RVCs. With the 3C framework, this research makes a theoretical and practical contribution to RVC and EMNE literature. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Doctoral Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-08: Decent work and economic growth 2026-05-20T12:05:38Z 2026-05-20T12:05:38Z 2026-05-06 2025 Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110236 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| title | Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| title_full | Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| title_fullStr | Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| title_short | Exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| title_sort | exploring governance and value creation in regional value chains |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/110236 |