Internationalisation Driving Value Chain Configuration: The Case of Emerging Market IT Companies

Global value chain (GVC) configuration is a result of a complex sequence of decisions made by internationalizing firms to suit their strategies and business environment. We use multiple case study method looking at GVC configuration and make cross-case analysis to identify similar patterns in Russian IT firms’ GVC activities. Our research findings suggest there are three sets of factors strategically determining GVC configuration: industry,...