EBA

Globalization and rapid technological change have been identified as two of the main forces driving changes in the world economy over the last forty years. This course will explore both theoretically and empirically how the interaction of these two forces is leading to changes in the international organization and location of value adding activities with the rise of global production networks. At the same time the course uses an institutional approach to compare and contrast different national and regional business and innovation systems. The course will also explore the extent to which processes of globalization may be undermining national and regional business systems and the deep set labor issues underlying the extension of fragmented production systems.