Author:
Zahoor Nadia,Wu Jie,Khan Huda,Khan Zaheer
Abstract
AbstractBy presenting an investigation of the impact of international trade protectionism on the reconfigurations of the global value chains (GVCs), this paper challenges the perceived assumption of ongoing globalization and the free flow of goods and services. Building on the de-globalization and GVCs’ literature, we performed a historical content analysis on 174 articles from 2016 to 2020 published in leading and major national and international newspapers. Our findings suggest that international trade protectionism has altered the landscape of GVCs by causing widespread disruption to their functioning, thus making them prone to future external policy risks. Such disruption is having a varying impact on various industries, whereby it is causing greater harm to those industries that are more global in nature and thus rely on global suppliers. We draw implications of our findings for research and practice.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Strategy and Management,Business and International Management
Reference200 articles.
1. Abboushi, S. (2010). Trade protectionism: Reasons and outcomes. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal, 20(5), 384–394.
2. Aguinis, H., Ramani, R. S., & Cascio, W. F. (2020). Methodological practices in international business research: An after-action review of challenges and solutions. Journal of International Business Studies, 51(9), 1593–1608.
3. Ajmera, A. (2019). Deere blames escalating trade war for worsening outlook. Reuters. Retrieved January 01, 2021, from https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1SN13A
4. Amankwah-Amoah, J., & Osabutey, E. L. C. (2020). New challenges and opportunities in the global marketplace: Learning from developed-country multinationals’ failures. International Studies of Management and Organization, 50(1), 43–56.
5. Ambos, T. C., Cesinger, B., Eggers, F., & Kraus, S. (2020). How does de-globalization affect location decisions? A study of managerial perceptions of risk and return. Global Strategy Journal, 10(1), 210–236.