2170: Rethinking Globalization: What Has Changed? What’s Next? And What Does It Mean for Management? (14729)

The possibility of a significant reversal of globalization has emerged recently as a central political issue with potentially fundamental economic consequences, reversing the trends towards greater openness and liberalization that have characterized world business since the Second World War. Such a major break away from past trends could have enormous consequences for all firms and especially for those engaged in international business. Against this backdrop, we propose to convene a symposium panel designed to deepen the understanding of the actual trajectory of globalization from multiple perspectives and draw the implications of these developments for the field of management. We do so with the aid of advanced data and empirical measures, as captured in the DHL Global Connectedness Index, which examines globalization based on the size and geography of international trade, capital, information, and people flows, offering a multi-dimensional representation of globalization worldwide and at the level of individual countries. Reflecting on the DHL Index empirical data, the panel will consider the trajectory of globalization from a variety of perspectives, historical and current, and will draw its implications for management research and practice. The panel will also outline likely future trajectories of globalization/de-globalization and draw their likely implications for strategy, public policy, knowledge-sourcing/innovation, and the rise of emerging/frontier markets.