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The Macroeconomic Impact of Agricultural
Input Subsidies
Kiel Trade Talks Dr. Laszlo Tetenyi (Bank of Portugal)
June 13, 2025 (Friday, 12:00-13:00 / CEST) Kiel Institute & via MS Teams

KCG Seminar by Henning Mühlen on the Role of FDI for Structural Transformation in Mexico

2nd July 2018
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows are widely perceived to be able to support economic growth in developing host countries. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) investing on site bring in not only financial resources that are otherwise lacking in these countries. They also bring in more advanced know-how and technologies that are expected to be[…]

KCG Seminar by Sourafel Girma on Chinese Firms’ Gain from Export Processing

28th June 2018
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It has been often argued that China’s rapid rise to a global economic power was strongly attributable to its participation and integration into the world economy and, particularly, the global supply chains. Multinational enterprises (MNEs) coming to China brought in financial resources[…]

UNIDO-KCG Conference 2018 Brought Experts together to Discuss Inclusive and Sustainable Global Value Chains

20th June 2018
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The UNIDO-KCG Conference 2018 with its overarching theme “Global Value Chains (GVCs) as Drivers of Structural Change” was successfully held at the Vienna International Centre on June 18. Prof. Holger Görg, Ph.D (KCG Managing Director) and Dr. Wan-Hsin Liu (KCG Coordinator) joined the Conference in Vienna[…]

Holger Görg: Governments Need to Deal with Negative Impact of Globalization

15th June 2018
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The recent trade dispute, also observed at the G7 Summit last week, shows again how highly relevant and urgent it is to learn more about negative impact of globalization and to develop adequate policies and measures to deal with such impact. Imposing higher tariffs on imports may be an easy action to take. But protectionist measures cannot be the right solutions here. Protectionist measures hinder trade and investment across countries and leave parts of potential benefits of globalization unrealized[…]

A New KCG Working Paper on International Trade and Retail Market Performance and Structure

14th June 2018
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In recent decades, advanced economies have experienced a sharp increase in consumer goods imports, leading to an unprecedented degree of import penetration across many consumer goods industries. A new KCG Working Paper, co-authored by Philipp Meinen, Ph.D. (Deutsche Bundesbank and Aarhus University) and Prof. Horst Raff, Ph.D. (KCG and Kiel University), aims to determine whether this growth in consumer goods imports has contributed to observed changes in the performance of retailers and the structure of retail markets[…]

KCG Seminar on Institutional Framework for Corporate Social Responsibility: Observations on Japan and Taiwan on June 15, 2018

8th June 2018
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a focus point within the realm of global corporate governance for decades. Firms’ engagement in CSR is, however, not driven by their altruistic motives only. Institutional framework and regulations, often considered as rules for economic exchanges, are expected to also have impact on how firms would be motived in engaging in CSR and how they would implement CSR into business operations. Against this background, Bobby, Piao-Hao Hsu, Researcher from the Tamkang University and Visiting […]


KCG Fellows Attended the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin

1st June 2018
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This year’s Global Solution Summit took place on May 28 and 29, 2018 in Berlin. The annual summit is organized by the global think tank network “Global Solutions Initiative” that is chaired by Prof. Dennis J. Snower Ph.D., President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The summit brought together international leaders from academia, business, politics and the civil society with the aim of discussing[…]

UNIDO-KCG Conference 2018 to be Held in Vienna on June 18

24th May 2018
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The UNIDO-KCG Forum on Globalization and Industrialization 2018 will take place on June 18 at the Vienna International Centre. Following its thematic tradition from the past UNIDO-KCG Conferences, the 2018 Conference will continue to focus its discussions on some key selected aspects of global value chains with “Global Value Chains as Drivers for Structural Change” as its overarching theme this year[…]

KCG Seminar by Juelin Yin on Business Ethics in China

17th May 2018
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Since its open-door policy in the late 1970s, China has been more and more strongly integrated into the world economy. For the fact that China is nowadays an important player in the world economy and in global supply chains, academics and different stakeholders in the world are more and more interested in gaining insights into how firms do business in China. How business ethics are realized in practice, is one of the focused topics here[…]

Guli-Sanam Karimova Joined Workshop “5 Years after Rana Plaza: Consequences for Labour Standards Improvements in Garment Supply Chains”

9th May 2018
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The Rana Plaza – five stock garment factory building – collapsed on April 24, 2013 in Bangladesh killing more than 1100 workers. The factory manufactured apparel supplying firms with global brands such as Benetton, Mango, Primark, Walmart etc.
As a reaction to the disaster, more than 200 firms joined two initiatives – “Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh” and “Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety”. The Accord is an independent, legally binding agreement between firms and trade unions. It aims at helping build a safe and healthy working environment in Bangladeshi in general and for the ready-made garment industry in particular. Working in such environment with appropriate health and safety measures, workers would not need to worry a lot about potential severe working accidents[…]

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