Industry globalization: construct, measurement and variation across industries
本文梳理了产业全球化的概念化与操作化问题，指出全球化产业具有跨境产品流动、资本流动、价值链分散和全球竞争四个特征，但数据限制使全面测量难以实现。
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the major issues relating to the conceptualization and operationalization of industry globalization. Findings Globalized industries have four important characteristics: cross-border product flows, cross-border capital flows, dispersal of global value chains and global competition. However, lack of availability of data limits our ability to develop an operationalization that encompasses all these four aspects of globalization. Practical implications The authors identify some of the most important factors driving industry globalization as well as the major impediments to globalization. Originality/value Although the term “globalization” has attained a nearly “taken for granted” status, its meaning is rather vaguely specified and is often context dependent. This paper delineates the domain of the construct and identifies many of the practical issues in operationalizing the construct.