With the advent of economic globalization, a growing number of countries have realized the value of IPRs in enhancing their competitiveness in the world economy. Intellectual property protection has become a worldwide concern in terms of cross-border competition. The acceleration in technology...

This chapter explores the role of corporations that participate in global supply chains and specifically the legislation emerging to address the problems that arise in a supply chain context. There is a notable shift from voluntary initiatives towards hard law solutions, in particular disclosure...

The debate on sustainability related corporate due diligence obligations in global value chains has recently gained considerable momentum, in particular at EU level. However, so far, it has been dominated by the focus on human rights due diligence. By contrast, relatively little attention has...

What insights does the Covid-19 pandemic provide regarding how to refocus cultural due diligence to ensure successful firm integration in mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) transactions? The question seems particularly pressing considering a number of prominent planned acquisitions have been...