In a highly integrated global economy, linkages of domestic sectors to global trade measure an economy's ability to gain from participating in global value chains. On the other hand, the strength of domestic linkages can provide insights on an economy's cross-industry trade and extent of the...

We analyse how changes in international trade integration affect productivity and the functional income distribution. To account for endogeneity, we construct a leave-out measure for international trade integration for country-industry pairs using international input-output tables. First, we...

Since the 1960s, Germany has established itself as European manufacturing centre, and its export of goods made in Germany has become a pillar of its economic post-war success. In recent years, many German firms have further deepened their international involvements with links to global value...

The financial crisis of 2007/08 has caused many to question the basic premises of the current business system. ‘Business as usual' has come under heavy scrutiny. Achieving environmental and social sustainability stand out as some of the major challenges that current business leaders have to...