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Global value chains
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November 2026
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Strategy & leadership11 min readDeglobalisation or decoupling: what four studies claim and measure
For an SME owner or export manager reading headlines that say globalisation is dead and wondering whether to change suppliers or markets. The short answer: the four studies ask four different questions, and none concludes that the world has already decoupled.
Ethics & corporate governance10 min readMultinationals and unequal opportunities: what the evidence shows
For managers at foreign-owned firms and for SME owners who supply them. Two research papers suggest that a multinational's effect on local opportunities depends on state policy and on how it hires, pays and buys, and they leave several questions without evidence.