Knowledge Connectivity in Global Value Chains: Lessons from Taiwan’s Electronics and IT Industry (WITHDRAWN)

This paper contributes to theory building efforts around the concept of knowledge connectivity and its role in the co-evolution of the division of labor in innovation with the division of labor in production. We use the Taiwanese electronics and IT hardware industries as our study context, given Taiwan’s phenomenal success story in industrial upgrading. Our results clearly demonstrate how knowledge connectivity impacts suppliers’ ability to...