There is a growing literature measuring research excellence in economics. The h-index is noteworthy in combining quantity and research quality in a single measure of researcher excellence, and its ability to be extended to measure the quantity and quality of the researchers in a department. We...

There is a growing literature measuring research excellence in economics. The h-index is noteworthy in combining quantity and research quality in a single measure of researcher excellence, and its ability to be extended to measure the quantity and quality of the researchers in a department. We...

The paper is devoted to an econometric analysis of learning foreign languages in all parts of the world. Our sample covers 193 countries and 13 important languages. Four factors significantly explain learning, two of which affect the broad decision to learn, while two concern as well the choice...

The emergence of integrative trade and global value chains (GVCs) over the past 20 years has changed the competitive landscape in international goods and services markets. Competition in many lines of businesses, particularly in the manufacturing sector, is now taking place more at a value chain...

The past decades have witnessed a rapid globalisation of economic activity which has significantly changed the outlook of the world economy. An increasing number of firms, countries and other economic actors take part in today's global economy and have become increasingly connected across...

This research volume is concerned with the causes and consequences of global value chains — the fragmentation of production across firms and international boundaries. Figure 1 provides a schema for thinking about these phenomena. The total value of inputs used in producing a given level of...

What forces have driven international fragmentation of production in recent decades? Perhaps technological innovations in information technology have allowed the coordination of integrated production processes that are separated by vast distances. Perhaps reductions in transportation costs,...

“Companies no longer compete – Value Chains Compete” (Murphy, 2007, p.11)In the past few years, a fairly substantial literature has emerged addressing the phenomenon of global value chains (GVCs). While one can find various definitions of GVCs, the simple concept proposed by Lunati (2007)...

What I'm interested in, is to take a look at the Greek debt crisis not as a financial matter needing attendance, but as a bio-political technology aiming at the transformation of Greek society. Thus, my emphasis is given to the mechanisms of affective manipulation that produce feelings of...