{"title":"Power symmetry in global value chains: Evidence from the Russian retail market","authors":"Boris Belyavskiy","doi":"10.1177/18793665221150658","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Value chain management actively studies sources and types of interfirm power because increasing power symmetry between partners fosters innovativeness and adaptability to a market context. This study focuses on global value chains (GVCs) as a special type of value chains that experiences substantial influence of collective power. In the analysis I attempt to demonstrate higher power symmetry between partners inside a GVC than in other value chains. This hypothesis is based on a combination of resource dependence, mutual dependence, and social exchange/social embeddedness approaches with the analysis of structure in a GVC. The paper uses data from four waves of a survey conducted in Russia between 2010–2019 that include more than 2.700 managers of both buyers and suppliers. (OLS) and logit regression models were built for the analysis. The results demonstrate that partners inside GVCs share trade margins more symmetrically, have more equal negotiation power, and are more intensively involved in social exchanges through informal support.","PeriodicalId":39195,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Eurasian Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/18793665221150658","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Arts and Humanities","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Value chain management actively studies sources and types of interfirm power because increasing power symmetry between partners fosters innovativeness and adaptability to a market context. This study focuses on global value chains (GVCs) as a special type of value chains that experiences substantial influence of collective power. In the analysis I attempt to demonstrate higher power symmetry between partners inside a GVC than in other value chains. This hypothesis is based on a combination of resource dependence, mutual dependence, and social exchange/social embeddedness approaches with the analysis of structure in a GVC. The paper uses data from four waves of a survey conducted in Russia between 2010–2019 that include more than 2.700 managers of both buyers and suppliers. (OLS) and logit regression models were built for the analysis. The results demonstrate that partners inside GVCs share trade margins more symmetrically, have more equal negotiation power, and are more intensively involved in social exchanges through informal support.
价值链管理积极研究企业间权力的来源和类型,因为合作伙伴之间权力对称的增加促进了创新和对市场环境的适应性。全球价值链(global value chains, GVCs)是一种特殊类型的价值链,受到集体权力的重大影响。在分析中,我试图证明全球价值链中合作伙伴之间的权力对称性高于其他价值链。这一假设是基于资源依赖、相互依赖和社会交换/社会嵌入方法的结合以及对全球价值链结构的分析。这篇论文使用了2010年至2019年期间在俄罗斯进行的四次调查的数据,其中包括2700多名买家和供应商的经理。(OLS)和logit回归模型进行分析。研究结果表明,全球价值链内的合作伙伴更对称地分享贸易利润,拥有更平等的谈判能力,并通过非正式支持更深入地参与社会交流。