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Global supply chains are the product of international economic interdependence and the transnational organization of goods and services. As such, they play an integral part in shaping our economies, societies, and our environment.
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2024
Aleksandra Kordalska, Magdalena Olcyk...
Upgrading low value-added activities in global value chains: a functio...
This paper aims to identify patterns of functional specialisation (FS) in global value chains (GVCs) and determinants of upgrading them for selected Central Eastern ...
2024
Aleksandra Kordalska, Magdalena Olcyk...
Linkages between services and manufacturing as a new channel for GVC d...
The goal of the paper is to verify a causal relationship between forward linkages from domestic services to manufacturing and the participation/position of a country...
2024
Elizabeth A. Bennett
Voluntary Sustainability Standards: A Squandered Opportunity to Improv...
The sustainable development agenda has long been linked with social justice, income equality, and workers' rights. This article argues that voluntary sustainability ...
2024
Elizabeth A. Bennett
Who Governs Socially-Oriented Voluntary Sustainability Standards? Not ...
Voluntary Sustainability Standards-Setting Organizations (VSSSOs) create standards to improve the social and/or environmental impacts of globalized production networ...
2024
Elizabeth A. Bennett
Voluntary sustainability standards, employee ownership, and the sustai...
Employee ownership (EO), broadly defined, refers to business models that distribute power and/or profit more widely than conventional firms. EO aims to foster a more...
2024
Elizabeth A. Bennett
Which Fair Trade principles travel to distant sectors? An analysis of ...
Social enterprises, social entrepreneurship and sustainable business models are increasingly common in sectors where Fair Trade does not have a strong presence (e.g....
2024
Axel Marx, Charline Depoorter, Santia...
Global governance through voluntary sustainability standards: Developm...
Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) are transnational governance instruments that can be leveraged to pursue sustainable development in global value chains. The...
2024
Elizabeth A. Bennett, Janina Grabs
How can sustainable business models distribute value more equitably in...
Global supply chains often distribute value inequitably among the Global North and South. This perpetuates poverty and contributes to indecent work in raw material-p...
2024
“Decent Work in Global Supply Chains” Annual Report 2024...
This Annual Report brings together insights and research from across our network, presenting 10 concise chapters authored by network hosts and members. These chapter...
2024
Yvonne Wolfmayr, Elisabeth Christen, ...
Trade and Welfare Effects of New Trade Policy Instruments...
Geoeconomic concepts are gaining importance in EU trade policy. In this context new trade policy instruments are designed to protect the internal market against unfa...
