Global value chains (GVCs) have revolutionized production processes and many
companies no longer produce goods and services entirely in one single country or within …

This article offers a comprehensive and systematic review of the literature on Global Value
Chains (GVCs). The GVC framework has received growing attention in the last decade …

Supply-chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are of unparalleled magnitude
because of a confluence of circumstances: a sudden rise in demand for some products …

In this framing paper for the special issue, we map significant research on global production
networks during the past decade in economic geography and adjacent fields. In line with the …

The recent US–China trade conflicts cast new light on the role of trade policies in global
value chains (GVCs). Contrary to the expectation that trade restrictions lead to the shrinking …

Technological and organizational changes have been crucial in transforming the way in
which production is organized across time and space. The steam engine in the nineteenth …

Our business model drives growth that is consistent, profitable, competitive–and
responsible. It is why we created the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP)… The USLP …

This book focuses on the changing gender patterns of work in a global retail environment
associated with the rise of contemporary retail and global sourcing. This has affected the …

Background The leading emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
(BRICS) are increasingly shaping the landscape of the global health sector demand and …

Standing at a crossroads, where ongoing 'slowbalisation'coincides with new forces such as
the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, heightened geopolitical tensions, the emergence of …