deglobalization
The end of the world pre-COVID: what do the 2020 results of the Elcano Global Presence Index tell us?
Today we are launching the 2020 edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index. This 11th edition does not yet reflect the effect of the pandemic, so, in a sense, it can be considered a description of the world before the eruption of the pandemic. A world that had, however, [...]
29/7/2021
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Global Spectator, by Andrés Ortega Re-globalisation with hiccups
It was once thought that globalisation would integrate everything into complex and varied supply chains, thereby avoiding the need to stockpile parts and materials. It was the age of “just-in-time”, invented by Toyota. But with the pandemic and other catalysing factors, the situation has changed: we are no longer [...]
1/6/2021
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Some thoughts on the pre-COVID world. 2019 Elcano Global Presence Index results
We have just launched a new edition of the Elcano Global Presence Index, that refers to 2019. In this tenth anniversary (already!) and as in previous years, we are adding ten new countries; so that the Index is now calculated for 130 countries from all regions, accounting for 99% [...]
28/7/2020
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