comparative advantage · advanced
Global Value Chain Mapping
Trace upstream and downstream value capture with simple IO-inspired maps for electronics and autos.
- Duration
- 5 weeks
- Format
- cohort + async
- Region focus
- Asia-Pacific
- Tuition (info)
- THB 11,200
Overview
Learn to sketch value chain maps, identify where policy shocks propagate, and connect to trade flow tables at a high level. Includes a facilitated critique of over-simplified chain diagrams.
What is included
- Two deep maps: battery supply chain, automotive wiring harnesses
- Propagation exercise for tariff shock on a subassembly
- Supplier geography overlays (public data only)
- Facilitator feedback on participant maps
- Bibliography on OECD TiVA concepts
- Short lecture on double counting pitfalls
- Workshop: compare two OEM sourcing stories
Outcomes
- Draft a credible chain sketch for your own product class
- Explain upstream exposure to leadership without alarmism
- Identify data gaps that make maps provisional
Lead facilitator
Nattaya Prasert
Trade economist specializing in regional production networks.
Participant questions
Do we use proprietary firm data?
No—participants work with public sources and qualitative knowledge; we discuss NDAs conceptually only.
Is this a networking course?
Collaboration is educational; we do not broker commercial introductions.
What is not included?
Detailed IO matrix estimation and econometric identification strategies.
Experience notes
Battery chain map clarified where our margin actually sits versus where slides implied it sat.
Advanced label is fair—expect dense readings.