Nanotechnology represents an exciting area of scientific discovery that has generated increasing interest from government officials, scientists, and the general public in recent years. This innovative field has a broad array of scientific and commercial applications – and an equally...
Duke’s involvement with Kazakhstan goes back to 2003, when Center Director Gary Gereffi participated in a World Bank mission on economic diversification, with special emphasis on the oil and gas value chain. The Duke GVC Center engaged in a three-year (2015-2017) collaboration...
The Duke GVC Center conducted several studies that included North American geographies.
The Duke GVC Center's work on North Carolina covered multiple topics from a variety of angles including contract research reports and teaching/advising through the NC in the Global Economy website and Bass Connections course. The North Carolina in the Global...
Individuals within governments, nonprofits and the academic community have an interest in enhancing their understanding of how oceans impact the global economy. Whether the interest is in monitoring the health of fisheries, patrolling the surface or creating precise maps of...
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris co-sponsored several conferences and workshops on global value chains that involve Duke GVC Center researchers, as well as commissioning a number of research reports. To date, this research has focused...
Companies in search of lower costs and new talent have begun unbundling their corporate activities and are sourcing them from abroad. The information technology revolution has expedited the growth of this industry facilitating the trade of these service activities. This...
The Organization of American States (OAS) commissioned Duke GVCC to undertake a series of global value chain (GVC) studies in four different countries in the Caribbean: Barbados, Belize, Jamaica and Saint Lucia as part of a program to establish Small...
