Ziel dieser Studie ist es zum einen, auf dem Konzept der Pfadabhängigkeit und der ökonomischen Komplexität aufbauend, die langfristigen und gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen der österreichischen Exportwirtschaft zu beleuchten. Welche Ökonomien konnten in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten erfolgreich...

Economic integration, encompassing the removal or reduction of trade barriers and the coordination of monetary and fiscal policies, plays a pivotal role in promoting cooperation among nations. This systematic literature review examines the role of global value chains (GVCs) in promoting economic...

The Cold War was the defining episode of geopolitical fragmentation in the twentieth century. Trade between East and West across the Iron Curtain (a symbolical and physical barrier dividing Europe into two distinct areas) was restricted, but the severity of these restrictions varied over time....

This paper aims to examine the changes in global value chains (GVCs) in the years 2020-2022 (times of the COVID-19 pandemic) compared to 2019 (last year before the pandemic). GVCs are illustrated by diagrams based on the statistics on international trade measured by value-added exports and...