Purpose: The study aims to examine China's rising technological influence in Africa within the context of Industry 5.0 and how it compares to traditional powers like the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). Design/methodology/approach: Utilising an innovative patent network analysis...

This paper documents a trend towards deglobalization in European-based multinational networks for the period 2010-2019. In the second half of the decade, the number of foreign contraction episodes shows an increasing trend, while the number of foreign expansions decreased substantially. Foreign...

This paper estimates how the impact of a natural disaster propagates through the production network. More precisely, we look at the excessive rainfall in the summer of 2021 that caused large areas to be severely flooded in Belgium. We first look at the direct effects on firms active in the...

Carbon markets are a central instrument to decarbonise our economies and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Within the European Union, carbon pricing to date has primarily targeted electricity generation and greenhouse gas-intensive industries, and regulatory focus has typically been...

Despite abundant research on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in reverse logistics, no comprehensive study with bibliometric and network analysis has been conducted. This study uses bibliometric analysis to derive the prominent research statistics in AI-centric reverse logistics,...

Complex equipment refers to special equipment that differs from general equipment. The collaborative development work of complex equipment in the military-civilian integration context involves numerous suppliers. We consider a two-tier supply network composed of different suppliers that...