Geopolitics

Economic Fragmentation and Corporate Footprints For decades, the prevailing business narrative was one of inexorable globalization: multinational enterprises (MNEs) built sprawling, lean production networks across continents; global value chains linked supply partners from Shenzhen to Stuttgart; and technology enabled seamless coordination of commerce at scale. That model delivered dramatic efficiency gains, lowering costs, expanding markets, […]

Economic Nationalism and Corporate Strategy Economic nationalism — the use of state power to prioritize domestic economic interests over global integration — has returned to the forefront of public policy and corporate planning. In an era of geopolitical rivalry, supply chain fragility, and questions about the distributional effects of globalization, governments are increasingly deploying tariffs,