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DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Digital technologies, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) & Global Value Chains (GVCs) nexus with emerging economies’ future industrial innovation dynamics

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Article: 2014654 | Received 03 May 2021, Accepted 02 Dec 2021, Published online: 05 Jan 2022

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