The disruption of the trade and investment activities of multinational enterprises as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic has reinvigorated the debate on the configuration of global value chains (GVCs) as well as the risks and challenges associated with offshoring. This article depicts how...

Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Unique Implications of Crises and Disruptions for International Business: How MNEs Are Exposed to Crises and Mitigate Their Effects -- Part-2: Multi-Stakeholder Pressures and Political Conflict -- 2. Speculation in International Crises: Report from the Gulf -- 3....

Volume 26 number 2 of the Transnational Corporations journal is a special issue dedicated to special economic zones (SEZs) and their potential as vehicles for development. The issue grew out of research and background papers that fed into UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2019, the thematic focus...