?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3833%2F&rft.title=The+Organization+of+Global+Supply+Networks&rft.creator=Fattorini%2C+Loredana&rft.creator=Rungi%2C+Armando&rft.creator=Zhu%2C+Zhen&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.subject=HD28+Management.+Industrial+Management&rft.description=In+this+contribution%2C+we+introduce+a+network+approach+for+the+organization+of+global%0D%0Aproduction+across+national+borders%2C+beyond+the+sequential+industry-level+metrics+proposed%0D%0Ain+the+previous+literature.+First%2C+we+show+and+argue+that+several+characteristics+of%0D%0Aglobal+production+processes+would+be+lost+in+the+analysis+when+assuming+that+they+could%0D%0Abe+proxied+as+linear+sequences.+Hence%2C+we+propose+an+index+that+assesses+the+relevance%0D%0Aof+any+input+for+the+target+output%2C+including+its+role+as+an+input+of+inputs.+Thereafter%2C%0D%0Awe+exploit+an+own-built+firm-level+dataset+of+about+20%2C489+U.S.+parent+companies+integrating%0D%0Amore+than+154%2C000+affiliates+worldwide.+Results+show+that+the+technological%0D%0Arelevance+of+an+input+in+a+directed+supply+network+is+also+a+good+predictor+for%3A+i)+the%0D%0Aprobability+that+an+input+industry+is+actually+integrated+within+a+firm+boundary%3B+ii)+the%0D%0Anumber+of+affiliates+that+are+controlled+by+the+parent+company+and+active+in+that+input%0D%0Aindustry.&rft.publisher=IMT+School+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca&rft.date=2017-11&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nd&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3833%2F1%2FEIC_WP_8_2017.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fattorini%2C+Loredana+and+Rungi%2C+Armando+and+Zhu%2C+Zhen++The+Organization+of+Global+Supply+Networks.++EIC+working+paper+series++%238%2F2017++++IMT+School+for+Advanced+Studies+Lucca++++ISSN+2279-6894.++++++