This article reviews the evolution of the World Investment Report (WIR) over the past 30 years, with special focus on the period 2010–2020. During this decade, successive WIRs addressed key challenges related to the global shift in the investment-development paradigm. This helped redefine the mainstream policy prescriptions for cross border investment, trade, corporate governance and development. With the global trade and investment landscape expected to be drastically reshaped in the 2020s, this article highlights five mega-forces driving the transformation of global value chains and outlines a fresh multi-disciplinary research agenda for the decade ahead.
{"title":"The WIR@30: Paradigm Shift and a New Research Agenda for the 2020s","authors":"J. Zhan","doi":"10.46697/001c.18045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.18045","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews the evolution of the World Investment Report (WIR) over the past 30 years, with special focus on the period 2010–2020. During this decade, successive WIRs addressed key challenges related to the global shift in the investment-development paradigm. This helped redefine the mainstream policy prescriptions for cross border investment, trade, corporate governance and development. With the global trade and investment landscape expected to be drastically reshaped in the 2020s, this article highlights five mega-forces driving the transformation of global value chains and outlines a fresh multi-disciplinary research agenda for the decade ahead.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"220 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79843934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
UNCTAD’s World Investment Report (WIR) focusses on development-oriented questions related to the interaction between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and governments. It does that with a view toward developing policy recommendations to maximize the positive impact of foreign direct investment and MNE activities on host countries and minimize any negative impacts. This article examines the reason for this focus and approach, as well as a number of related issues, and evaluates how successful UNCTAD has been in pursuing it.
{"title":"The WIR at 30: Contributions to National and Global Investment Policymaking","authors":"K. Sauvant","doi":"10.46697/001c.18052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.18052","url":null,"abstract":"UNCTAD’s World Investment Report (WIR) focusses on development-oriented questions related to the interaction between multinational enterprises (MNEs) and governments. It does that with a view toward developing policy recommendations to maximize the positive impact of foreign direct investment and MNE activities on host countries and minimize any negative impacts. This article examines the reason for this focus and approach, as well as a number of related issues, and evaluates how successful UNCTAD has been in pursuing it.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"100 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78771422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the World Investment Report (WIR), an UNCTAD publication that examines national, regional, and worldwide trends in foreign direct investment and foreign investment policies. I look back briefly at the first 30 WIRs and then look forward, asking: What next? Whither WIR? I argue that upcoming WIRs should address a mix of Big Questions and Grand Challenges and provide a baker’s dozen list of 13 possible themes.
{"title":"Whither WIR (Redux)?","authors":"Lorraine Eden","doi":"10.46697/001c.18029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.18029","url":null,"abstract":"The year 2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the World Investment Report (WIR), an UNCTAD publication that examines national, regional, and worldwide trends in foreign direct investment and foreign investment policies. I look back briefly at the first 30 WIRs and then look forward, asking: What next? Whither WIR? I argue that upcoming WIRs should address a mix of Big Questions and Grand Challenges and provide a baker’s dozen list of 13 possible themes.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82523943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taming COVID-19 through Social Resilience: A Meta-Capability Policy Framework from Australia and New Zealand","authors":"J. Menzies, M. Raskovic","doi":"10.46697/001c.18165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.18165","url":null,"abstract":"No description supplied","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77550505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Denise Dunlap, Roberto S Santos, David D McManus, Bryan O Buchholz, Nathaniel S Hafer, MaryAnn Picard
The 2020s began with a rare coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster, which led to a pandemic-induced recession and Great Lockdown. In response, there has been a worldwide mobilization of resources to detect, treat, and cure the virus. Some policymakers are advocating for the repatriation of globally distributed healthcare know-how. Without a cure for COVID-19, the ambiguity concerning how coronavirus-related policies will impact international business remains unclear. Through a multi-method approach, our study sheds light on two key healthcare industry trends: decentralization and deglobalization of clinical trials. We offer actionable strategies to not only mitigate these challenges, but also to take advantage of their new opportunities.
{"title":"New Opportunities and Cautionary Insights about Decentralizing and Deglobalizing Clinical Trials During the Great Lockdown.","authors":"Denise Dunlap, Roberto S Santos, David D McManus, Bryan O Buchholz, Nathaniel S Hafer, MaryAnn Picard","doi":"10.46697/001c.17692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.17692","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The 2020s began with a rare coronavirus (COVID-19) disaster, which led to a pandemic-induced recession and Great Lockdown. In response, there has been a worldwide mobilization of resources to detect, treat, and cure the virus. Some policymakers are advocating for the repatriation of globally distributed healthcare know-how. Without a cure for COVID-19, the ambiguity concerning how coronavirus-related policies will impact international business remains unclear. Through a multi-method approach, our study sheds light on two key healthcare industry trends: decentralization and deglobalization of clinical trials. We offer actionable strategies to not only mitigate these challenges, but also to take advantage of their new opportunities.</p>","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"20 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8372191/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39327994","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"(Social) Identity Theory in an Era of Identity Politics: Theory and Practice","authors":"M. Raskovic","doi":"10.46697/001c.13616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.13616","url":null,"abstract":"No description supplied","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89739894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
While blockchain was designed as a ledger for cryptocurrency transactions, it can record transactions of anything of value. Blockchain is increasingly used to prove the integrity of commodities, tracing their supply chain journey from the source to the end user. Yet, transferring this technology from a cryptocurrency context to a supply chain setting is not without difficulties. This article explores the implications for multinational and transnational companies in using blockchain as a means to address modern slavery. The research identifies five challenges: verification, inclusion, trust, privacy, and normativity.
{"title":"Can Blockchain Help Resolve Modern Slavery in Supply Chains?","authors":"M. Boersma, J. Nolan","doi":"10.46697/001c.13542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.13542","url":null,"abstract":"While blockchain was designed as a ledger for cryptocurrency transactions, it can record transactions of anything of value. Blockchain is increasingly used to prove the integrity of commodities, tracing their supply chain journey from the source to the end user. Yet, transferring this technology from a cryptocurrency context to a supply chain setting is not without difficulties. This article explores the implications for multinational and transnational companies in using blockchain as a means to address modern slavery. The research identifies five challenges: verification, inclusion, trust, privacy, and normativity.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81501317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The current literature on modern slavery in IB teaching and research is rather limited. Even in adopting case discussions in the classroom, it is challenging to find resources that highlight an IB context. The challenge, therefore, lies both in the pedagogical motivation to develop teaching strategies and resources as well as undertaking research that helps fill the current literature gap regarding modern slavery. This paper presents a discussion on the importance of developing teaching resources, supported by relevant examples that address modern slavery in the IB classroom.
{"title":"Addressing Modern Slavery in the IB Classroom: Are We Doing Enough?","authors":"Swati Nagar, Fiona Hurd","doi":"10.46697/001c.13543","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.13543","url":null,"abstract":"The current literature on modern slavery in IB teaching and research is rather limited. Even in adopting case discussions in the classroom, it is challenging to find resources that highlight an IB context. The challenge, therefore, lies both in the pedagogical motivation to develop teaching strategies and resources as well as undertaking research that helps fill the current literature gap regarding modern slavery. This paper presents a discussion on the importance of developing teaching resources, supported by relevant examples that address modern slavery in the IB classroom.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89070213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The international business environment is always shifting, now more than ever. One of our main responsibilities and roles as international business educators is to help prepare students to work effectively in a variety of business environments and to provide them with the tools needed to operate in changing global circumstances. Those tools include a global mindset, a sense of global citizenship, and critical thinking skills. This article helps address this need by examining what makes international business education distinctive, then by outlining some exercises and assignments that can be useful in developing those necessary perspectives and skills.
{"title":"Preparing Students for the “Next” Global: The Responsibilities and Tools of International Business Education","authors":"D. M. Berg","doi":"10.46697/001c.13437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.13437","url":null,"abstract":"The international business environment is always shifting, now more than ever. One of our main responsibilities and roles as international business educators is to help prepare students to work effectively in a variety of business environments and to provide them with the tools needed to operate in changing global circumstances. Those tools include a global mindset, a sense of global citizenship, and critical thinking skills. This article helps address this need by examining what makes international business education distinctive, then by outlining some exercises and assignments that can be useful in developing those necessary perspectives and skills.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85629586","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Business schools have to deal with complexity and volatility at global and local levels. More concretely, it is the faculty who are at the forefront when it comes to dealing with teaching and research agenda. We bring in a critical perspective about our professional role by recognizing levers and constraints of our sector. We also provide insights on the institutional role by focusing on the nature of responsibility in IB teaching and the factors influencing this responsibility. We believe that this framework could help our fellow faculties to prepare for adaptability and contingency while addressing the needs of society.
{"title":"Conceptualizing the Responsible Learning Framework for International Business Faculty Development","authors":"J. Hruby, Cyntia Villasboas Calixto, Umesh Mukhi","doi":"10.46697/001c.13419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.13419","url":null,"abstract":"Business schools have to deal with complexity and volatility at global and local levels. More concretely, it is the faculty who are at the forefront when it comes to dealing with teaching and research agenda. We bring in a critical perspective about our professional role by recognizing levers and constraints of our sector. We also provide insights on the institutional role by focusing on the nature of responsibility in IB teaching and the factors influencing this responsibility. We believe that this framework could help our fellow faculties to prepare for adaptability and contingency while addressing the needs of society.","PeriodicalId":93253,"journal":{"name":"AIB insights","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76098647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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