‘Manufacturers without factories’ and economic development in the Global South: India’s pharmaceutical firms
研究了印度本土“没有工厂的制造商”如何通过从供应商采购，帮助印度成为全球南方领先的药品供应国，并分析了不同类型企业对南南价值链的影响。
Abstract Global value chain/global production network studies have extensively documented the role of lead firms from the Global North in economic development in the Global South, including as ‘manufacturers without factories’ (MWFs). However, the role of local firms in sourcing from suppliers has been overlooked. In this article, we report the findings of a qualitative study and demonstrate that the local MWFs helped establish India as the leading supplier of pharmaceuticals worldwide and in the Global South. We show how the different types of local MWFs (‘propagandists’, ‘pioneers’, ‘connectors’ and ‘adaptors’) impact the strategic coupling, industrial upgrading and governance in South–South value chains and contribute to regional economic development.