Forward and reverse integration of leading countries of the world in global value chains and Industry 4.0
Abstract. The research subject is determined by the reconfiguration of global value chains in the form of changes in direct and reverse integration of the world leading countries under the influence of the processes of neo-industrial modernization of their economic systems. Using the techniques of economic and statistical analysis within the framework of evolutionary genetic and systemic approaches, the dynamics of indicators of direct and reverse integration of the leading countries of the world in the context of manufacturing industries for two periods of time, covering the twentieth anniversary of the current century, has been studied. The obtained results are substantiated by the influence of factors of participation of countries and industries in global value chains.
Keywords: global value chains (GVC), integration of countries and industries into GVC, forward integration, reverse integration, Industry 4.0, manufacturing, high-tech industries, reindustrialization
Highlights:
♦ the factors are identified and characterized that determine the participation of countries and industries in global value chains;
♦ the analysis of direct and reverse integration of the leading countries of the world in the sector of the manufacturing industry in the GVC was carried out;
♦ identified and substantiated dynamic trends in the development of direct and reverse integration of the economies of the world`s leading countries into GVCs under the growing influence of Industry 4.0 factors.
Valery N. Minat - Ryazan State Agrotechnological University named after P.A. Kostychev, Ryazan, Russia