Dear colleagues,

 

The British Journal of Management (BJM) has just published its latest journal issue, which includes free access to a special section on the COVID-19 pandemic - which is highly relevant to international business:
British Journal of Management: Vol 31, No 3

Alain Verbeke's new scholarly contribution in this BJM special section specifically explores how the COVID‐19 pandemic may affect global value chains. Verbeke suggests that it will affect (1) investment in intelligence and contracting safeguards; (2) levels of irreversible foreign investments; (3) relational contracting with key partners; and (4) levels of corporate diversification:
Will the COVID‐19 Pandemic Really Change the Governance of Global Value Chains?


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Jedrzej George Frynas
Full Professor
The Open University
United Kingdom
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