This volume contains six case studies analyzing the global value chains of firms and manufacturing and service industries in the Caribbean: Baron Foods Limited in St. Lucia, the hot pepper
sauce industry in Trinidad and Tobago, the rum industry of Guyana, VincyFresh Limited in St. Lucia and the Grenadines, the Chaguarmas ship repair cluster in Trinidad and Tobago, and the solar
water heating industry in Barbados. Contributed by researchers from the Caribbean and the US, the case studies examine the strategies used by these firms and industries to attain
competitiveness in the context of the global market, the strategies of leading global firms, the governance of the global market, the structure and functioning of local policy and the
institutional environment for business, and how value is created, to identify areas where upgrading at the local level can occur and increase the local value capture. The book is the outcome of
a project of the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness. Distributed by Longleaf Services, Inc. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
