This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts. In the first part of the book, various authors discuss how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of global value chains through various types of analyses. While the focus is on cluster management, and mergers and joint ventures, the legal aspects of control and liability concerning the integration of value chains, is also examined in one of the contributions. The second part includes chapters concerning 'Strategy and Flexibility'. Strategies concern topics such as inventory management, talent management, strategic alignment, decision making, behavioural change and HR systems. The third and final part of the volume concerns the topic of 'Sustainability', wherein the contributions focus on various initiatives intended to promote sustainability across respective value chains bearing in mind the concept of flexibility.  The book is a valuable resource for a varied audience, ranging from management students and researchers, to practicing business managers, as well as for professional institutions, consultants, and corporate organizations.

This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts. In the first part of the book, various authors discuss how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of global value chains through various types of analyses. While the focus is on cluster management, and mergers and joint ventures, the legal aspects of control and liability concerning the integration of value chains, is also examined in one of the contributions. The second part includes chapters concerning ‘Strategy and Flexibility’. Strategies concern topics such as inventory management, talent management, strategic alignment, decision making, behavioural change and HR systems. The third and final part of the volume concerns the topic of ‘Sustainability’, wherein the contributions focus on various initiatives intended to promote sustainability across respective value chainsbearing in mind the concept of flexibility.  The book is a valuable resource for a varied audience, ranging from management students and researchers, to practicing business managers, as well as for professional institutions, consultants, and corporate organizations.

Part 1: Global Value Chains.- Chapter 1. Valuation of Flexibility Initiatives along the Value Chain (Sushil).- Chapter 2. Exploiting Locational Resources in a World of Global Value Chains: Strategic Considerations for Clustered Firms and Cluster Managers (Stephan Rohde).- Chapter 3. MSME Competitiveness for the Global Value Chain - A TRIZ Based Approach (Shishir Shrotriya).- Chapter 4. Do Mergers Destroy Value in India? (Neelam Rani).- Chapter 5. Law and the Operation of Global Value Chains: Challenges at the Intersection of Systematisation and Flexibility (Kevin Sobel-Read).- Chapter 6. Technology Transfer and Innovation in Global International Joint Ventures – Emerging Markets’ Perspective (Nakul Parameswar).- Chapter 7. Modeling Subsidiary Innovation Factors for Semiconductor Design Industry in India (Dixit Manjunatha Betaraya).- Part 2: Strategy and Flexibility.- Chapter 8. Nested Plasticity Delivers Adaptability and Resilience to Organization (FEKETE István).- Chapter 9. FlexibleBenchmarking Approach of Talent Management: A Case Study of MIDHANI (DK Likhi).- Chapter 10. Strategy Alignment of Critical Continuity Forces w.r.t. Technology Strategy and Business Strategy and Their Hierarchical Relationship using TISM (Prakash Kumar Kedia).- Chapter 11. Manufacturing Flexibility under Uncertain Demand by a Real Options Approach (Katsunori Kume).- Chapter 12. Resistance to Integrate Information Systems in Health Care Service: A study on Developing Country (Umme Nusrat Jusy).- Chapter 13. Towards an Effective Agricultural e-Trading System in India (P.K. Suri).- Chapter 14. Impact of Behavioral Flexibility on Flexible HR System and Organizational Role Stress (Priyanka Jaiswal).- Part 3: Sustainability.- Chapter 15. Organisational Sustainability – Why the Need for Green HRM? (Christina Kirsch).- Chapter 16. Sustainability in Conformity Assessment: Flexibility of Technical Harmonisation (Raimonda Liepiņa).- Chapter 17. Evaluation of Market Surveillance Implementation andSustainability (Svetlana Mjakuškina).- Chapter 18. A Glimpse of Sustainable Electronics Manufacturing for India: A Study using PEST-SWOT Analysis (Manoj Kumar Singh).- Chapter 19. Selection of Sustainable Suppliers (Pravin Kumar).- Chapter 20. Flexible Waste Management Practices in Service Sector: A Case Study (Aarti Singh).- Chapter 21. Shifts between Technology Push and Market Pull Strategies for Sustainable Development in Manufacturing Industries (APS Sethi).