Food packaging: identifying the socio-economic drivers and reduction opportunities through system dynamics modelling. [PDF]
Chakori S, Aziz AA, Richards R.
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Abstract Research Summary This article develops a conceptual framework for understanding multinational enterprise (MNE) resilience in the era of cascading crises. We define resilience as the MNE's capacity to absorb disruption, maintain or restore functioning, and reconfigure operations as conditions shift.
Gerard George, Chang Hoon Oh
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Bond market opening, monetary policy, and systemic financial risks - An empirical study based on the TVP-SV-VAR model. [PDF]
Ping WY, Hu YW, Luo LQ.
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Geopolitics and global strategy: Making money under anarchy
Abstract Research Summary Multinational firms conduct cross‐border trade and investment in a world of anarchy, where nation‐states must secure their survival in the absence of a world government. We develop a geopolitical‐economic order (GEO) framework to argue that the extent of geopolitical competition incentivizes states to create one of two types ...
Daniel J. Blake +2 more
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Adverse commercial determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries: a public health challenge. [PDF]
Islam MM, De Lacy-Vawdon C, Gleeson D.
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Rethinking a positive‐sum game: US FDI location decisions in the presence of Chinese FDI
Abstract Research Summary This study examines how rising Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) in third‐country markets shapes US MNEs' foreign direct investment location decisions amid escalating US–China geopolitical rivalry. US firms initially benefit from complementary co‐location dynamics, as Chinese OFDI—particularly in infrastructure—
Injae Jeon, Jon Jungbien Moon
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Satellite radar and AIS reveal a 97% decline in shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. [PDF]
Cao Y +9 more
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Research and development resilience of foreign MNE subsidiaries during the Great Recession
Abstract Research Summary This study examines the research and development (R&D) resilience of subsidiaries of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) during the Great Recession, defined as the ability to sustain R&D investment amid economic disruption.
Omid Aliasghar +3 more
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Food prices and food crises since 2020: evidence from Mali, northeast Nigeria, Sudan, and northern Uganda. [PDF]
Wiggins S +11 more
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When governments act as strategists: Geopolitical turmoil and global strategy theory
Abstract Research Summary The resurgence of geopolitical rivalry is challenging core assumptions of global strategy theory. Long‐standing views that economic interdependence is inherently beneficial, governments act as rule setters, multinational enterprises operate autonomously, and market and political strategy are separate no longer capture today's ...
Ari Van Assche, Thomas Lindner
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