Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333197 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] ZFW - Advances in Economic Geography [ISSN:] 2748-1964 [Volume:] 69 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 1-9
Publisher: 
De Gruyter, Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper explores the intersection of international business and economic geography through the lens of connectivity and complementarity of locations. Both facets are leveraged by economic agents like multinational enterprises (MNEs). Complementarity highlights the value created by integrating diverse locational assets, addressing why locations are connected, while connectivity focuses on how linkages are established and maintained. Our framework highlights the reciprocity between the dimensions of complementarity and connectivity to foster intellectual dialogue between the two fields of international business and economic geography. Disrupted global value chains and the digital transformation of economic activities are substantially reshaping the complementarity and connectivity of locations. In this context, we emphasize the need to incorporate technological, socio-political, environmental, and geopolitical dimensions into the analysis of MNE-location interaction.
Subjects: 
complementarity
connectivity
digitalization
location
multinational enterprises
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Document Type: 
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