Our call was motivated by the fact that over the last two decades both the academic literature and the popular press have been overly populated with studies on emerging markets in general and emerging markets multinational enterprises (MNEs) in particular. While the latter began their...

PurposeModern slavery, one of the most abhorrent crimes against humanity, is a profitable international business (IB). It often operates in a hidden form in the global value chains (GVCs) governed by multinational corporations (MNCs). The purpose of this paper is to examine why slavery exists in...

Contractor argues that the coronavirus outbreak only had temporary effects on the global economy, and that post COVID-19 globalization will resume. We posit that the pandemic will have significant long-lasting effects on globalization. Our arguments are grounded in three observations. First, the...