Trade Fragmentation, Global Value Chains, and Regional Economic Resilience
A special issue of Economies (ISSN 2227-7099). This special issue belongs to the section "International, Regional, and Transportation Economics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 January 2027 | Viewed by 313
Editor
Interests: international economics and business; international trade; global value chains; supply chain management; logistics and transport systems; regional economic resilience; innovation and digital transformation; sustainable business systems; strategic alliances and inter-organizational networks
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global trade and production networks are increasingly influenced by trade fragmentation, geopolitical tensions, policy uncertainty, supply chain disruptions, and renewed debates on regionalization, strategic autonomy, and economic security. These developments challenge the efficiency-oriented logic that has long underpinned global value chains and raise important questions about how firms, regions, and countries adjust to a more fragmented global economy.
Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to disseminate important empirical and theoretical research on the links between trade fragmentation, global value chain restructuring, and regional economic resilience, which may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Trade fragmentation and its implications for firms, industries, and regions;
- Global value chain reconfiguration, reshoring, and nearshoring;
- Supply chain restructuring under geoeconomic uncertainty;
- Regional economic resilience, adaptation, and recovery from external shocks;
- Economic integration, regionalization, and strategic autonomy;
- Trade policy uncertainty, industrial policy, and economic security;
- The role of international trade in regional development and structural transformation.
By integrating international economics, regional studies, international business, and supply chain perspectives, this Special Issue aims to advance understanding of resilience in a changing global economy.
Dr. Klavdij Logožar
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- trade fragmentation
- global value chains
- regional economic resilience
- supply chain restructuring
- geoeconomic uncertainty
- value chain reconfiguration
- strategic autonomy
- economic integration
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