The servitization of manufacturing flows within the triangle Germany-CEE-China

ABSTRACT

The study examines changes in the role of CEE, Germany and China in cross-sectoral connections. The paper aims to understand the flows in the servitization of manufacturing among three economies. It tried to answer the question of how strong links are in the servitization of manufacturing and whether there are any visible trends in value-added flows within this triangle.

KEYWORDS:

• Servitization of manufacturing
• China
• Germany
• CEE

Acknowledgments

The article is the result of the research project ‘Digital Silk Road as a network of technological connections between China and Europe within value chains: towards win-win or decoupling?’ financed by the National Science Center, Poland (UMO-2021/43/B/HS4/01079).

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in OECD Stats at https://stats.oecd.org/ and in OSF at https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/DZ27T.

Notes

1. Some of conclusions were presented at the 3rd International Conference ‘Economic and Business Trends Shaping the Future’, 11.11.2022, Skopje, and published in an abstract proceedings (Cieślik 2022).

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Ewa Cieślik

Ewa Cieślik (Ph.D. and Habilitation) is an associate professor in the Department of International Economics at the Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland. Her research interests include international economics and emerging markets.