Innovation Management / Scholarly activities

Hassan Wafai received funding through a Research and Professional Development grant to examine the relationship between global value chains and firms within a conceptual framework.

The paper provides a conceptual framework that captures the intricate relationships between management innovation (process innovation), technological innovation (product innovation), and a firm’s sustainable competitive advantages as outline by its ability to upgrade within global value chains (GVCs). The conceptual framework takes into consideration a firm’s position in GVC, the innovation system (IS) under which a firm operates, and firm’s internal capabilities.