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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 8d

𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 — creating a gap in academic innovation. 📉

Aleksandra Parteka (Gdańsk Tech) highlights the divide in EU research + what it means for cohesion + innovation policy.

▶️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qf...

#Innovation #Patents #EUResearch #HorizonEU

RETHINK-GSC | University patenting in Europe - Aleksandra Parteka

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 8d

Europe’s supply chains are under pressure — from war, climate change...

💡 Research shows: stronger innovation + smarter policy = resilience.
But structural gaps remain. Time to rethink investment.

👉 Read key insights: RETHINK-GSC Reveals Insights on GSC Resilience: rethink-gsc.eu/europe-must-...

Rethink Global Supply Chains

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 12d

I was very pleased to be part of this project!

RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 12d

💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!

Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.

📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...

#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social

Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 12d

💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!

Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.

📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...

#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social

Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters

YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 14d

Climate change is putting global supply chains under stress. 🌍

Extreme weather events like droughts + floods can disrupt production, ports + trade routes.

Governments + businesses can boost resilience through smarter policies + investment.

Read the press release: 👉 rethink-gsc.eu/supply-chain...

Cover of publication in the corporate design of the think tank Bruegel.

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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 16d

⛓️💥 Climate risks to global supply chains

What are the impacts of extreme weather on global supply chains?

🖊️ Madalena Barata Da Rocha @heathergrabbe.bsky.social @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social
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#EconSky @rethink-gsc.bsky.social

Climate risks to global supply chains

Extreme weather is disrupting supply chains more often, making risk awareness, mitigation and global policy coordination increasingly vital

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 16d

Missed last week’s RETHINK-GSC conference on the future of global supply chains? 🌍

🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.

🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...

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Bruegel @bruegel.org · 21d

🎙️ EU foreign direct investment, explained

@rebeccawire.bsky.social discusses with @niclaspoitiers.bsky.social & Damien Levie from European Commission's DG Trade on what is at stake as talks start on how to revise the FDI rules. #EconSky

Listen to the podcast:

EU foreign direct investment, explained

How can the EU coordinate national screening procedures in key sectors when outside investors want to buy in?

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · 19d

Our fearless leader Holger Görg explains why policies that ignore global supply chains don’t have a leg to stand on. @rethink-gsc.bsky.social

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 21d

⏰ Tomorrow!

Join us at @bruegel.org in Brussels (or online) for the 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞-𝗚𝗦𝗖 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲!

➡️ Insights on global supply chains from our project
➡️ Policy panel with experts from the @kiel.institute, @univdauphine.bsky.social, @cepii-paris.bsky.social and more.

Don’t miss it.

🔗More information 👇

RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online

Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.

🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC

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Vincent Vicard @vvicard.bsky.social · 26d

The post-Covid period has sparked a reassessment of the risks & benefits of globalization, but how have multinationals actually adapted?

The latest Lettre @cepii-paris.bsky.social is about our WP "Multinationals Here and There: Affiliates' Response to Global Crises" www.cepii.fr/PDF_PUB/wp/2...

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CEPII @cepii-paris.bsky.social · 26d

🆕 Lettre du CEPII "Multinational Enterprises Since Covid: Stronger Than Domestic Firms, Especially at Home" by @constance-marette.bsky.social, Camilo Umana Dajud and @vvicard.bsky.social.
www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/pub...
#econsky #trade

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · 22d

Multinational Enterprises reshaped their global employment post-COVID:
📉 foreign affiliates lagged, 📈 home ones led.

Evidence of strategic reshoring is growing — and lasting.

Read the paper by @vvicard.bsky.social and colleagues.
@cepii-paris.bsky.social): rethink-gsc.eu/multinationa...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online

Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.

🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC

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Saskia Meuchelböck @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social · Sep 2

Happy to share that my research on how firms adapt to temporary infrastructure disruptions is finally out as a working paper!

RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢

New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.

Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚢 Klimaschocks hinterlassen Spuren!

Unsere Forschung zeigt, dass das Niedrigwasser 2018 Unternehmen in Deutschland dauerhaft von der Binnenschifffahrt auf Schiene & Straße umsteigen ließ.

📰 Der Spiegel berichtet über @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.socials Studie👇

#Lieferketten #Resilienz #Klimawandel

DER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · Aug 27

Bei Extremwetterereignissen werden auch Frachtrouten wie der Rhein stark beeinträchtigt. Alternative Transportmittel werden dann nachgefragt und genutzt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Umstellung ist dauerhaft.

IfW-Studie: Klimaschocks wie Niedrigwasser verändern Lieferketten dauerhaft

Bei Extremwetterereignissen werden auch Frachtrouten wie der Rhein stark beeinträchtigt. Alternative Transportmittel werden dann nachgefragt und genutzt. Eine neue Studie zeigt: Die Umstellung ist dauerhaft.

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢

New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.

Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jul 10

“The importance of trade in services between the US and the EU unfortunately only plays a minor role in the trade talks between the two countries, otherwise this would give the EU considerable negotiating power.”

New Kiel Policy Brief by Holger Görg, RETHINK_GSC's project head, and colleagues! 👇

Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · Jul 10

Trade in services between 🇪🇺 & 🇺🇸 is largely neglected in current trade talks—despite matching goods trade in scale. From 2014–2024, the US ran a consistent services surplus, partially compensating its goods deficit. Ignoring this weakens the EU's negotiating position, warns a new Kiel Policy Brief 👇

Trade talks EU – US: Trade in services should be taken into account

Trade in services is being largely neglected in the discussion on trade relations between the EU and the US, criticizes a recent Kiel Policy Brief. Yet trade in services is on a similar scale to trade...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jun 25

📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo...

🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚀 More patents = more jobs — but only when innovation is diverse & connected.

Our new RETHINK-GSC study shows: doubling patenting boosts jobs by 6%, but over-concentration in a few fields slows growth.

👉Smart, inclusive R&D policy is key.
#Innovation #Jobs #STEM #EUresearch #RETHINKGSC

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Kiel Institut @kiel.institute · Jun 25

Innovation drives jobs: Doubling patent activity boosts employment by 6%. The effect is strongest in globally connected regions. But when innovation narrows to just a few tech fields, job growth stalls. New findings from EU project @rethink-gsc.bsky.social 👇

Innovation Creates Jobs but Can Increase Inequality

Regions with higher levels of innovation experience stronger employment growth. Doubling patent activity leads to a 6 percent rise in jobs. The effect is even greater in regions that are well-integrat...

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Ron Davies @ronbdavies.bsky.social · Jun 23

New paper. My favorite takeaway is that MNEs are better at turning innovation into employment.

RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 New publication!

"Multinational Network, Innovation and the Growth of Employment"

MNEs = more innovation and more jobs.
Study finds global firms are better at turning patents into employment.
Local R&D → global ripple effect.

Time to rethink how we support innovation? 💡🌍
#innovation #jobs #MNEs

Cover of the publication “Multinational Network, Innovation and the Growth of Employment,” featuring a skyscraper image and designed in the RETHINK-GSC visual style.

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 New publication!

"Multinational Network, Innovation and the Growth of Employment"

MNEs = more innovation and more jobs.
Study finds global firms are better at turning patents into employment.
Local R&D → global ripple effect.

Time to rethink how we support innovation? 💡🌍
#innovation #jobs #MNEs

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RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚨 Only 10% of EU patents involve universities. Why?

A new study of 2,900 HEIs finds third-party funding boosts both quantity & quality of patents — especially in wealthier regions. Regional policy matters!

🔗 rethink-gsc.eu/funding-stru...

#Patents #Innovation #ResearchFunding #RETHINKGSC #EU

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Agnes Kuegler @akuegler.bsky.social · May 21

Great workshop, inspiring people and interesting work presentations. I learned a lot- thanks to all of you!

RETHINK-GSC @rethink-gsc.bsky.social · May 21

📈 📊 Two days of lively discussion & exchange on global supply chains, intangibles, and services. The RETHINK-GSC Gdańsk Workshop offered valuable insights & fresh perspectives for application.

Read more 👉: rethink-gsc.eu/rethink-gsc-...

#RETHINK-GSC #GlobalSupplyChains #EU-funded #HorizonEU

Keynote speaker Andreas Moxnes from the Norwegian Business School stands in front of his presentation while delivering his speech.

RETHINK-GSC researcher Aleksandra Parteka, who is a professor of economics at the Gdańsk University of Technology and the host of the workshop, is gesturing while presenting her research on funding structures and university patenting.

Agnes Kügler, a RETHINK-GSC researcher and a senior economist at the WIFO, points to the formula used in her latest research on the effects of patent litigation and trade, which is displayed on the screen.

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