A large body of evidence indicates that macroeconomic and financial variables are dynamically interrelated. In an international setup, we analyze the impacts of macroeconomic shocks on various sector indices of the Swiss stock market. We use a VECM model to disentangle local and foreign as well...

Understanding and conceptualizing the complexities of the contemporary global economy is a challenging but vitally important task. In this article, we critically evaluate the potential of one interpretive framework the global production networks (GPN) perspective for analysing the global economy...

This paper explores the implications of the rapid internationalization of a small cadre of retail transnational corporations over the last 15 years for supply network structures in a range of economies in Eastern Europe and East Asia. Five sets of ongoing restructuring dynamics are identified:...