KCG Policy Paper on German FDI in Africa Published Today 3rd June 2020 KCG Secretary Further KCG Projects News News News Around 850 German firms are located in Africa and they employ roughly 200,000 people. However, German Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the continent represented only 1 percent of the total German FDI stock abroad in 2018. Germany is thus still lagging behind China, France, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and other economies regarding investment volume in Africa[...]
A New KCG Research Project on the Impact of Special Economic Zones on Inequality 11th May 2020 KCG Secretary Further KCG Projects News News News Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) is generally considered to be advantageous for supporting economic development in the emerging economies. Foreign investors do not only bring financial resources, know-how and technologies that are (relatively) limited on site into the FDI destination countries but also help local firms to gain better access to and benefit from the global production networks[...]
KCG Fellow Saskia Mösle Involved in a New Study on the COVID-19 Impact on the Global Economy 29th April 2020 KCG Secretary News News News The COVID-19 pandemic is a tremendous challenge for the national and global health care. It also poses a huge challenge to the world economy and the international trade. Against this background, Dr. Klaus-Jürgen Gern (Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)) and Saskia Mösle (IfW & KCG) analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global economy from the point of view of the special economic zones (SEZ) worldwide. Their analysis is based on a recent SEZ survey that was jointly carried out by IfW and the World Free Zones Organization between March 23, 2020, and April 3, 2020[...]
KCG Lunch-Time Seminar on Vertical Contracts in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect 21st April 2020 KCG Secretary News News News In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, KCG would like to continuously encourage knowledge exchange and discussions on research on globalization and on global value chains by using digital means. Prof. Horst Raff, Ph.D. (Kiel University & KCG) will give our first Digital Lunch-Time Seminar titled “Vertical Contracts in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect[...]
UNIDO Published an Opinion Piece on GVC Impact of COVID-19 in Cooperation with KCG 17th April 2020 KCG Secretary News Public Contributions Publications Publications Publications The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 damages the global health and challenges the world economy. One key aspect here is the global value chains which have been extensively developed since decades. Experts from the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and the Kiel Centre for Globalization (KCG) at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy[...]
Haiou Mao Joins KCG as a KCG External Research Fellow 6th April 2020 KCG Secretary News News News Haiou Mao, Ph.D. (Wuhan University, China) visited KCG as a Postdoc Guest Researcher from March 1, 2019 to February 29, 2020. After her return to China, she will continue her research cooperation with KCG as a KCG External Research Fellow[...]
A New KCG Study on Consumer Reactions towards Supplier Hypocrisy in Global Supply Chains 24th March 2020 KCG Secretary News News News Challenged by the contemporary, strongly competitive, marketplace, companies have increasingly tried to build up resilient relationships with their customers. Many of them engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an essential channel to improve a brand’s reputation and to strengthen consumers’ confidence and trust towards the firm[...]
Vertical Contracts in a Supply Chain and the Bullwhip Effect 23rd March 2020 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Zhan Qu and Horst Raff (Management Science, 2021, 67(6): 3744–3756) This paper shows that decentralized supply chains, in which upstream firms use linear wholesale prices, may experience lower upstream production and downstream sales volatility than vertically integrated supply chains, and may be less susceptible to the bullwhip effect[…]
Chain of Blame: A Multi-Country Study of Consumer Reactions towards Supplier Hypocrisy in Global Supply Chains 23rd March 2020 KCG Secretary KCG Journal Articles Publications Authors: Nils Christian Hoffmann, Juelin Yin, and Stefan Hoffmann (Management International Review, 2020, Vol. 68, 247-286) Recent research identified firms’ hypocritical behavior as a major threat to their reputation among consumers. This paper expands the dyadic relationship to a triadic relationship, integrating the hypocritical behavior of suppliers in global supply chains. Introducing a chain of blame[…]
Cancelled: KCG Seminar on Consumption Impact of Uber on March 13, 2020 10th March 2020 KCG Secretary News News News Reduction in transportation costs is generally considered to be advantageous for fostering (cross-border) trade. It makes it easier for producers to overcome the challenge of geographic distance to source resources and acquire intermediate goods necessary for production from anywhere. It also eases the transportation of finished goods over long distances to potential consumers worldwide. Such positive trade impact of decreasing transportation costs seems to be, at first glance, strongly linked to traded goods and services that are deliverable from producers to customers[...]
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