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Rethinking global supply chains (GSCs): Measurement, impact and policy. Horizon Europe research.

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Climate change is putting global supply chains under stress. 🌍

Extreme weather events like droughts + floods can disrupt production, ports + trade routes.

Governments + businesses can boost resilience through smarter policies + investment.

Read the press release: 👉 rethink-gsc.eu/supply-chain...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Multinational Enterprises reshaped their global employment post-COVID:
📉 foreign affiliates lagged, 📈 home ones led.

Evidence of strategic reshoring is growing — and lasting.

Read the paper by @vvicard.bsky.social and colleagues.
@cepii-paris.bsky.social): rethink-gsc.eu/multinationa...
September 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online

Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.

🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC
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September 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢

New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.

Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...
August 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo...

🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...
June 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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🚀 More patents = more jobs — but only when innovation is diverse & connected.

Our new RETHINK-GSC study shows: doubling patenting boosts jobs by 6%, but over-concentration in a few fields slows growth.

👉Smart, inclusive R&D policy is key.
#Innovation #Jobs #STEM #EUresearch #RETHINKGSC
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June 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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📣 New publication!

"Multinational Network, Innovation and the Growth of Employment"

MNEs = more innovation and more jobs.
Study finds global firms are better at turning patents into employment.
Local R&D → global ripple effect.

Time to rethink how we support innovation? 💡🌍
#innovation #jobs #MNEs
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June 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🚨 Only 10% of EU patents involve universities. Why?

A new study of 2,900 HEIs finds third-party funding boosts both quantity & quality of patents — especially in wealthier regions. Regional policy matters!

🔗 rethink-gsc.eu/funding-stru...

#Patents #Innovation #ResearchFunding #RETHINKGSC #EU
The cover of the working paper 'Funding Structure and University Patenting: An Analysis of European Higher Education Institutions' in RETHINK-GSC's design, featuring the organisation's logo and a stock image of a man holding a microchip.
June 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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📈 📊 Two days of lively discussion & exchange on global supply chains, intangibles, and services. The RETHINK-GSC Gdańsk Workshop offered valuable insights & fresh perspectives for application.

Read more 👉: rethink-gsc.eu/rethink-gsc-...

#RETHINK-GSC #GlobalSupplyChains #EU-funded #HorizonEU
Keynote speaker Andreas Moxnes from the Norwegian Business School stands in front of his presentation while delivering his speech. RETHINK-GSC researcher Aleksandra Parteka, who is a professor of economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology and the host of the workshop, is gesturing while presenting her research on funding structures and university patenting. Agnes Kügler, a RETHINK-GSC researcher and a senior economist at the WIFO, points to the formula used in her latest research on the effects of patent litigation and trade, which is displayed on the screen.
May 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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📢 CFP: Workshop on Automation & Labour Markets

📍 Aarhus, Denmark | Aug 21–22, 2025

Keynotes:
🔹 Anna Salomons (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social)
🔹 Guy Michaels (LSE)

🗓️ Submission deadline: 1 May 2025

More information 👉 econ.au.dk/research-cen...

#CFP #Econ #FutureOfWork #Automation
April 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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What if tariffs alone could eliminate the US trade deficit? 🧵

RETHINK-GSC institute lead @ronbdavies.bsky.social (@ucddublin.bsky.social) examined the set of assumptions underpinning Trump's tariffs, as laid out in last week's tariff announcement.

More 👉 rethink-gsc.eu/deriving-the... 1/
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April 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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🚨 Europe’s Innovation Crisis 🚨
Only 8% of European patents come from universities, while the US & China surge ahead.

Europe must act now:
🔹 Strengthen research ties (UK, US)
🔹 Fast-track commercialization
🔹 Invest

Read the full commentary and find the interactive map here: lnkd.in/e5nbktRf
March 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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🌍 Exciting discussions at our #EconomicSecurity & Global Trade workshop! Over two days, we explored policy, globalization, labor markets, etc.

Opening greetings from Consul General Shinsuke Toda & keynotes from Jota Ishikawa & Pao-Li Chang.

Huge thanks to all speakers, organizers & participants! 🚀
This picture shows Consul General Shinsuke Toda from the Japanese Consulate General Hamburg in Hamburg in a lively discussion with Prof. Dr. Julian Hinz of the Kiel Institute and Prof. Dr. Joschka Wanner. Professor Jota Ishikawa, Gakushuin University, giving his keynote speech on Carbon Tax and Border Tax Adjustments with Technology and Location Choices. Professor Pao-Li Chang, Singapore Management University, is giving her keynote lecture "A Dynamic Quantitative Analysis of Labor Market Implications of Taiwan’s WTO Accession: Skill, Capital, and the China Shock" to a full room. Professor Holger Görg of the Kiel Institute is seen infront of a chart projected to a screen discussing the presentation previously given.
February 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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📣 New research: The expiry of the US Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) has led to a 5-10% drop in imports from developing countries. This is a blow to exporters, with implications for growth and market access. 🌍

Key takeaways:
1. Trade stability matters for developing nations
February 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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🚨 European universities are falling behind in global patenting: a new study shows that 5 countries dominate 72% of EU university patents, while 70% of universities report no activity. No EU university is in the world's top 50, which are dominated by the US and China.
👉 rethink-gsc.eu/no-eu-countr...
December 20, 2024 at 10:10 AM
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🚨 European university patenting is geographically concentrated, with 5 Western European countries accounting for the majority of patents.
Meanwhile, 70% of European universities report no patenting activity. What does this mean for Europe's innovation landscape? 🧵1/
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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New Working Paper: "Intermediates Trade and Knowledge Flows"

Michael Koch (@aarhusuni.bsky.social) and Antonella Nocco (Salento University) introduce a novel mechanism highlighting the benefits of buyer networks among firms sourcing the same locally produced inputs. 📈
December 17, 2024 at 5:41 PM
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New Working Paper:
"Intermediates Trade and Knowledge Flows"

Michael Koch (@AarhusUni_int) & Antonella Nocco (@unisalento) introduce a novel mechanism highlighting the benefits of buyer networks among firms sourcing the same locally produced inputs.

Leveraging firm networks...
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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📢 Join us for an insightful #webinar on Global Value Chains and Social Policies: Insights from EU Research!

🗓️ November 8
🕤 09:30 – 11:30 CET

More information and link to registration:...
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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🌍 Even in the richest economies, gender inequality abroad has a negative impact on women entrepreneurs. 📉

New RETHINK-GSC working paper by Ina C. Jäkel (@AarhusUni_int) and Holger Görg...
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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How can science, technology & innovation contribute to sustainable growth?

At @GdanskTech's #TIG2024"/hashtag/TIG2024" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#TIG2024, we discussed the future of economic growth, knowledge creation, labour markets and much more.

Lots of thanks to Aleksandra Parteka & team for organizing a successful #TIG2024.
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Tomorrow at @GdanskTech's #TIG2024, Holger Görg will present RETHINK-GSC’s research on female entrepreneurship in his keynote speech:

“Gender Norms and Institutions and the Growth of Female Businesses: Evidence From Trade Data.”

Working paper to be published soon. Stay tuned!
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Businesses expect disruptions in #GlobalSupplyChains to increase — and many are considering sourcing more from 🇪🇺.

First findings of the RETHINK-GSC #SupplyChainDisruptionSurvey, conducted by @HunRenKrtkKti and @WIFOat in 🇦🇹,🇩🇰,🇩🇪 and 🇭🇺.

Read more:...
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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📢 Attention researchers!

Last days to submit your paper for the conference "Trade and Welfare Effects of European (Dis)Integration".

Organised by @kielinstitute, @nupinytt, @univgroningen and @LSEnews.

Submission deadline: 20/04/2024
Learn more:...
February 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Despite this, the research presentations went on as planned after the venue was moved.

Many thanks to @ron_b_davies for thinking on his feet, and to @againstgraindub for kindly hosting us just as they opened for the day.
February 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM