Prof.  Muhammad  Mohiuddin
Laval University,  Canada

Title: Advanced Technology, Trade war and reshaping of the global value chains

Abstract:

Financial crisis, unemployment and rise of rightist political agendas are reshaping the global value chains and accelerating slow-balization of global trade.  Since the fall of Berlin wall, the world economy has witnessed an unprecedented opening of the markets across the globe and accelerated cross-border trades of not only complete goods but also the intermediate components and contributed to the creations of Global value chains. But the weaponization of trade is forcing countries and companies to re-think the way they conduct their businesses and increasingly adhering to the decoupling and/or de-risking of their value chain policies. In my speech, I would like to focus on how the trade war is changing the logics of exchanges of goods between the markets and companies and how those changes will affect the current global value chains and how we can overcome those challenges and translate them into opportunities. Articulating global trade policies, Moving up the value chains, and the advanced technology might contribute to reshape the global value chains and enhance productivity and competitiveness of firms. 

Biography:

Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin is Professor of international business and global strategy at Laval University, Canada. Dr. Mohiuddin taught at Thompson Rivers University (Canada); University of Paris-Est, (France); Osnabruck University of Applied Science (Germany), Shanghai Institute of Technology, and Tianjin University of Technology (China). His research interests focus on “Geo-politics and International Business, Industry 4.0 and Global Value Chains, Digitalization and stakeholders’ collaborations on Resiliency and Sustainability. His research has appeared in Journal of Global Information Management, Research Policy (Financial Times (FT)-50 Journal), Applied Economics, Review of Economic Philosophy, Strategic Change, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Research in International Business and Finance, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Public Administration among other journals. He is a member of CEDIMES (France), AIB,SMS, AOM, ASAC, and CCSBE. His research has been funded by The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Government of Canada. He is a Managing editor of ‘Transnational Corporations Review’ (Elsevier), and member of board of directors of the Canadian council on small business and entrepreneurship (CCSBE), Canada.