Global Value Chains localisation and firms competitiveness: Case studies on selected EU countries

Analysis of what kind of supplier-buyer relationships are associated with large productivity premia/learning as assessed by the firm. Is it necessary that the partner is foreign owned or is it more important that it is integrated into GVCs? Second, how relationships form? In particular, what kinds of networks are used to find partners and what type of investment or innovation is necessary to form relationships with globally integrated firms? Third, what kind of innovative activities take place within these relationships? How the nature of these activities is related to the characteristics of the partners?