In the light of opposing views in the literature on the nature and dynamics of trade within the East Asian region, this study seeks to clarify the extent to which East Asian business activity is regionally oriented through an analysis of trade flows over the 1994-2007 period. It concludes that...

Purpose – The fact that many international companies remain strongly orientated towards their home region has been highlighted in the work of several international business scholars. This work has given rise to the concept of “the liability of inter-regional foreignness”. This paper aims...

This paper explores the role of ideology in attempts to influence public policy and in business representation in the EU-China solar panel anti-dumping dispute. It exposes the dynamics of international activity by emerging-economy multinationals, in this case from China, and their interactions...

We analyse the regionalisation of the European Union's production networks and the impact of enlargement by looking at trends in trade in intermediate and final products at different technology levels between 1995 and 2007. We find that enlargement has coincided with quite major changes in the...

Despite the recognition that trade policy — in particular, tariff regimes and rules of origin — can affect the geography of production, much GPN analyses pay scant attention to the tariff context of the sector studied. This paper proposes an analytical framework to more effectively integrate...

This paper explores the regionalisation of the European Union’s supply chains and the impact of enlargement by looking at trends in trade in intermediate products between 1995-2007. The findings show that enlargement has not significantly impacted overall levels of regionalization although it...

Government action to address global warming has been very varied and industries, especially that which are energy intensive, are increasingly concerned about the potential negative impacts on their global competitiveness of abatement measures. Initially most concern was expressed in Europe....

Government action to address global warming has been very varied internationally and industries in the developed world, especially those which are energy intensive, are increasingly concerned about the potential negative impacts of abatement measures on their global competitiveness. Initially...

After a long period of domination by the industrialised countries of the North, international trade is today driven by the dynamism of developing countries. This work seeks to analyse how the EU is performing in the light of this emerging competitive threat, by comparing the EU's export...