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Aleksandra Kordalska
Gdańsk University of Technology
Aleksandra Kordalska is an Assistant Professor at the Gdańsk University of Technology. Her scientific interests centre on global value chains, with a particular emphasis on the trade dynamics of Central and Eastern European countries. Her research expertise includes functional specialisation and the evolving roles of headquarters and factory economies. Her work also examines the technological aspects of trade diversification and the phenomenon of industry servitisation.
MORE ABOUT ALEKSANDRA KORDALSKA >2023
Aleksandra Kordalska, Magdalena Olcyk
Upgrading low value-added activities in global value chains: a functional specialisation approach
This paper aims to identify patterns of functional specialisation (FS) in global value chains (GVCs) and determinants of upgrading them for selected Central Eastern European (CEE) economies. By combing the World Input-Output Database with data on occupations, we reveal a new FS pattern among subgrou...
2023
Aleksandra Kordalska, Magdalena Olcyk
Linkages between services and manufacturing as a new channel for GVC development: Evidence from CEE countries
The goal of the paper is to verify a causal relationship between forward linkages from domestic services to manufacturing and the participation/position of a country in global value chains (GVCs) in selected Central and Eastern European economies. We observed a strong polarisation pattern: the Balti...
