Inequality, Geography and Global Value Chains

Jong Min Lee is an Assistant Professor in International Business at the School of Business, Yonsei University, South Korea. Previously, he worked as an Associate Professor in International Business and Strategy at the Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. His recent works have appeared in the Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of World Business, Journal of International Management, and Journal of Business Ethics, among others. He currently serves as a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of International Business Studies and as a reviewing editor for the Asian Business & Management.J. Eduardo Ibarra-Olivo is an Assistant Professor in International Business and Strategy at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. The focus of his research is mainly on emerging economies. Eduardo’s work won the EPAINOS Young Scientist Prize (2019), awardedby the European Regional Science Association. His work has appeared in journals such as Regional Science and Urban Economics, Papers in Regional Science, Science and Public Policy, Economics of Education Review, and International Migration Review. He teaches courses on international business strategy, economics, and quantitative research methods.Katiuscia Lavoratori is an Assistant Professor in International Business at Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK). She is a fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. Previously, Katiuscia worked as a research fellow at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK). Her work has appeared in leading journals such as the Journal of International Business Studies, Regional Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Management International Review and Journal of Regional Science.  Liang (Arthur) Li is an Assistant Professor in Global Management Studies at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), and a former Assistant Professor in International Business and Strategy at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. Prior to pursuing his PhD at Ivey, Arthur has accumulated substantial industry and management experience. He has co-founded an import and export trading company and has worked in several large MNEs as a subsidiary general manager.

• 1. Are multinational enterprises capable of and/or responsible for combating rising inequality?.- Part 1. Inequality and institutions.- 2. Left behind. Research on foreign divestment and local employees.-3. Universal’ CSR and its discontents in an emerging economy.- 4. Using non-market strategies to respond to institutional schisms: The case of Florida House Bill 1557 and the Walt Disney Company.- Part 2. Geography.- 5. Political risk and location choice of Chinese SMEs.- 6. FDI in Balkan countries: The role of EU accession on attraction.- 7. Innovative foreign direct investments and the knowledge sources for green and digital inventions: A patent-based analysis.- Part 3. Global Value Chains.- 8. Assessing value capture in GVCs: Conceptual issues and evidence at the country level.- 9. The relationship between Global Value Chains, green technologies and air pollution. Initial evidence for EU regions.- 10. Global Value Chain resilience and reshoring during Covid-19: Challenges in a post-covid world.