Objective Catching-Up along the global value chain: business models, determinants and policy implications in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (CatChain) is a project built on a multidisciplinary and multi-sectorial exchange program focused on unravelling the process of Catching-Up from different sectorial perspectives at a country level. It analyses the role of business models (BMs) in entering, learning and upgrading the Global Value Chain (GVC), aiming at recognising the determinants and challenges faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in tackling the process of upgrading in a globalising economy. The outcome of the project will be the definition of policy tools and frameworks to support effective policy-making actions in the implementation of Research and Innovation Smart Specialization Strategy (RIS3), with respect to the new agenda of Europe 2020, mainly for low-income EU countries.The main aims of the project are:1.to identify: if and how a country should focus on developing domestic trade networks and upgrading before entering into GVCs; whether it should improve its infrastructures in regional value chains implementing the RIS3 strategy for its economic transformation;2.to study the emerging BMs underpinning the successful entry, learning, and upgrading in GVCs, after the investigation and valuation of case studies in different sectors and countries;3.to isolate the conditions that define the preferable entry strategy;4.to recognise the policy framework that facilitates entries and supports SMEs in developing a profitable business strategy. To give robust scientific answers to the question of whether entering GVCs by sponsoring one large national firm or a set of small and dynamic enterprises, CatChain intends to bridge the Catching-Up approach with the GVCs literature, paying attention to the role that entry, learning and upgrading strategies – integrated with BMs, play in fostering a process of country-level catching-up in distinct sectors. Fields of science social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical transitionsrevolutionssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models Keywords Catching Up Global Value Chains Sectoral Systems of Innovation Clusters Smart Specialization Strategy Value Added Analysis and Mapping Business Model Innovations Policy Transfer Public Policy Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.3. - Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge Topic(s) MSCA-RISE-2017 - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange Call for proposal H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MSCA-RISE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Coordinator UNIVERSITA COMMERCIALE LUIGI BOCCONI Net EU contribution € 320 445,00 Address Via sarfatti 25 20136 Milano Italy See on map Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 85 500,00 Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all ETHNICON METSOVION POLYTECHNION Greece Net EU contribution € 273 105,00 Address Heroon polytechniou 9 zographou campus 157 80 Athina See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 22 500,00 UNIVERSITEIT MAASTRICHT Netherlands Net EU contribution € 364 950,00 Address Minderbroedersberg 4 6200 MD Maastricht See on map Region Zuid-Nederland Limburg (NL) Zuid-Limburg Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 63 000,00 Institute of Baltic Studies Estonia Net EU contribution € 45 000,00 Address Lai 30 51005 Tartu See on map Region Eesti Eesti Lõuna-Eesti Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL Estonia Net EU contribution € 162 000,00 Address Ehitajate tee 5 12616 Tallinn See on map Region Eesti Eesti Põhja-Eesti Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 ETABLISSEMENT D'ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR CONSULAIRE GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT France Net EU contribution € 108 000,00 Address 12 rue pierre semard 38000 Grenoble See on map Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Isère Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 4 500,00 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID Spain Net EU contribution € 261 000,00 Address Avenida de seneca 2 28040 Madrid See on map Region Comunidad de Madrid Comunidad de Madrid Madrid Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 36 000,00 UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE Italy Net EU contribution € 94 500,00 Address Via ostiense 133 00154 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 UNIVERSITA' PER STRANIERI DANTE ALIGHIERI Italy Net EU contribution € 54 000,00 Address Via del torrione 95 89125 Reggio calabria See on map Region Sud Calabria Reggio di Calabria Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Partners (6) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES SOCIETY India Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Prashanth nagar ulloor 695011 Thiruvananthapuram See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 81 000,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS Brazil Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Cidade universitaria zeferino sn 13083 875 Campinas sp See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 103 500,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL Costa Rica Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Calle 9 avenida central y primera 86 3000 Heredia See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 171 000,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA Malaysia Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lembah pantai 50603 Kuala lumpur See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 171 000,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY South Africa Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 5th floor building 21 staatsartille road 0082 Pretoria See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 171 000,00 Partner Partner organisations contribute to the implementation of the action, but do not sign the Grant Agreement. CENTER FOR ECONOMIC CATCH-UP South Korea Net EU contribution € 0,00 Address 204 geo-jang skytel 43 cheongyong 1 gil gweanak gu 08786 Seoul See on map Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 27 000,00