... how contractual power asymmetries shape investment incentives within GVCs. Findings The authors argue that strong power imbalances between orchestrating MNEs and local suppliers weaken suppliers’ incentives to invest in upgrading. Because MNEs can shift perceived business uncertainty onto less...

... health governance and international business when they interact at the national–global level using an illustration from an emerging economy. Findings Power asymmetry in global health governance is constructed around the centralization of economic influence, medico-techno-scientific innovation...