Governance configurations: Testing the global value chain framework

The Global Value Chain Governance Framework is empirically tested in this thesis. The framework has become a highly influential in determining the governance structure of firms. Despite the framework being widely influential and used extensively across industry-specific case research and international development agencies, there has been limited empirical validation of the framework's predictions. Adopting a two-study quantitative methodology and configuration analysis, in this thesis an important foundational advancement is advanced in the application of configuration analysis to test the GVC governance framework. A foundational elaboration of theory is offered by, first, conceptualising the GVC core concepts and, second, executing empirical research as a basis for developing new theoretical insights