TY  - BOOK
AU  - Navas-Aleman,Lizbeth
AU  - Guerrero,Tamara
TI  - Procurement Practices and SMEs in Global Supply Chains: a literature review
SN  - 9221311694
AV  - HD31 .N383 2016eb
U1  - 658 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Geneva
PB  - ILO
KW  - Industrial management
KW  - Gestion d'entreprise
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Industrial Management
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Management
KW  - Management Science
KW  - Organizational Behavior
KW  - fast
N1  - Cover; Copyright page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction & Approach; 1.1 Introduction to global value chain analysis; 1.2 Approach; 2. What is the importance of GVCs for SMEs from developing countries?; 2.1 Opportunities and obstacles for economic upgrading; 2.2 The importance of greater market access for local suppliers and skillsdevelopment; 2.3 Opportunities and obstacles for social upgrading in GVCs; 2.4 Expectations and results from the business literature on 'good' (pro-SME) procurement practices; 2.5 Proposed typology of lead firms based on their procurement approach to SMEs; 3. Examples of pro-SME procurement practicesin GVCs identified across sectors4. Conclusions and policy recommendations; 4.1 Conclusions; 4.2 Policy recommendations for lead buyers; 4.3 Policy recommendations for governments; References
N2  - This literature review looks at what we know so far about the procurement practices from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in global supply chains and what strategies actors in these market systems can take to improve these practices. So far little attention has been paid to this specific question, even though micro, small and medium enterprises (including farms) in many cases (i) supply many of the jobs in global supply chains and at the same time (ii) face the biggest challenges in terms of decent work deficits
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