Business in Development

Centre for Business and Development Studies
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Business in Development

Welcome to The Business in Development Podcast; a podcast brought to you by the Centre for Business and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School. With this podcast, we wish to bring you the latest insights from our research on the roles of business, government, and civil society in promoting inclusive and sustainable development in the global South. In each episode, you will meet one of our colleagues and their guests, who will present their take on pressing development issues. With this podcast, we wish to create a platform for a wide variety of actors and to combine conversations with thought leaders, practitioners, world-leading experts, and voices from the field. Thank you for listening to this podcast. In order to improve our podcast and reach those who can benefit from our podcast, we really appreciate your input and help, in the form of reviews and likes. If you simply wish to stay in the loop or participate, please subscribe to our podcast or follow us on our website www.cbs.dk/cbds or LinkedIn. This podcast is funded by the Centre for Business and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School. Music: "Last Look" by Crowander

Episodes

  1. SEP 27

    Industrial Policy for Economic Catch-up in the De-Globalization Era

    In this episode, Professor Lindsay Whitfield of Copenhagen Business School is in conversation with Cornel Ban, who is an Associate Professor of International Political Economy at Copenhagen Business School, and Keun Lee who is a Distinguished Professor of Economics, at Seoul National University and was the Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School. They discuss the industrial policy for economic catch-up in the de-globalization era.

    1h 21m

  2. JUN 24

    European Chips Act and the Global Race in Semiconductor Industrial Policy

    In this episode, Prof. Lindsay Whitfield of Copenhagen Business School is in conversation with Prof. Gale Raj Reichert and Dr. Tobias Wuttke of Bard College Berlin. They discuss the shift in EU industrial policy towards the semiconductor industry.

    49 min

  3. 11/17/2023

    The contemporary Ghanaian art market: In conversation with artist Dr Dorothy Amenuke

    In this episode, Dr Robin Steedman of Copenhagen Business School is in conversation with Dr Dorothy Amenuke of KNUST, Ghana. They discuss Amenuke’s career as an artist and educator as well as the dynamism of the contemporary Ghanaian art market and factors that have led to its major growth in recent years.

    22 min

  4. 11/03/2023

    The Belt and Road Initiative at ten, geopolitics and China’s role in global development

    Professor Lindsay Whitfield from CBDS discusses the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, the contentious politics it engenders, and the role of massive Chinese infrastructural investments globally with Dr. Federico Jensen, external lecturer at Copenhagen Business School. In the episode, they discuss the origins of the Belt and Road Initiative, it’s economic and political successes and failures, and the role of local governments in investment receiving countries. Dr. Jensen and Professor Whitfield examine what lies ahead for the Belt and Road Initiative in the future, including changes in the Chinese government’s strategy within the Belt and Road Initiative which may reflect broader shifts in the political economy of China.

    47 min

  5. 09/22/2023

    In Conversation with Keun Lee: A Schumpeterian Approach to Economic Development

    As the world embraces industrial policies once relegated to the dustbin of history by mainstream economists and policymakers, we need a more rigorous understanding of how they work across various national policy spheres. In this episode, Prof. Keun Lee from Seoul National University discusses his Schumpeterian approach to economic development with Prof. Lindsay Whitfield, Dr. Cornel Ban and Dr. Tobias Wuttke. Prof. Lee emphasizes the importance of building up local firm capabilities and localizing technology after initial reliance on foreign technology, through public-private partnerships and tax incentives to encourage research and development. This was how South Korea and Taiwan did it in the past and it is still relevant in times of global value chains and still relevant for the challenges that Eastern and Southern Europe face regarding foreign direct investment. Countries have to manage the transition from growth led by foreign direct investment to growth led by local firms and local proprietary assets and technologies.

    50 min

  6. 03/15/2023

    Creating Traceability in Textile Production - With Faryal Sadiq & Prof Peter Lund-Thomsen

    In this episode, Prof Peter Lund-Thomsen from CBDS speaks to Faryal Sadiq, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Interloop Limited. Interloop is one of the world’s largest hosiery manufacturer and a producer of denim and apparel products, based in Faisalabad, Pakistan employing around 30.000 people. The company has a very active involvement in sustainability and can be considered a giant manufacturer which is part of the broader international trend where giant manufacturers from the global South develop their own broader sustainability agenda – both domestically and internationally. In this episode, Peter and Faryal discuss Interloop’s work with the creating a new traceability tool (Looptrace). They also address some tough questions regarding whether is indeed a need for such tools, who will benefit from their use (as they involve massive and costly data gathering exercises), and what the future looks like for traceability in this industry.

    33 min

  7. 03/07/2023

    Informal Labor in the Sri Lankan Apparel Industry - With Dr. Shyamain Wickramasingha & Prof Lindsay Whitfield

    Prof Lindsay Whitfield from CBDS discusses the situation of informal labor in Sri Lanka’s apparel export factories with Dr Shyamain Wickramasingha, a Visiting Fellow at CBDS and a Research Fellow at the University of Sussex Business School. Critiquing the mainstream view that working informally in apparel factories is women’s choice, Dr Wickramasingha explains why this view is too simplistic. She takes us through the origins of informal labor market, how it works and the implications for informal female workers and looks forward into how the dual formal and informal labor regimes could be changed.

    57 min

  8. 12/23/2022

    The African Continental Free Trade Area - with Prof Faizel Ismail & Prof Lindsay Whitfield

    In this episode, Professor Lindsay Whitfield from CBDS discusses with Professor Faizel Ismail from the University of Cape Town the opportunities and challenges with using the African Continental Free Trade Area to spur regional industrialization and regional value chains. Drawing on his personal experience as South Africa’s Chief Trade Negotiator since 1994, Professor Ismail provides insights into the history of failed attempts to create common economic markets on the continent that could catalyze industrialization and why it might be different this time around.

    56 min
  • 8 Episodes

About

Welcome to The Business in Development Podcast; a podcast brought to you by the Centre for Business and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School. With this podcast, we wish to bring you the latest insights from our research on the roles of business, government, and civil society in promoting inclusive and sustainable development in the global South. In each episode, you will meet one of our colleagues and their guests, who will present their take on pressing development issues. With this podcast, we wish to create a platform for a wide variety of actors and to combine conversations with thought leaders, practitioners, world-leading experts, and voices from the field. Thank you for listening to this podcast. In order to improve our podcast and reach those who can benefit from our podcast, we really appreciate your input and help, in the form of reviews and likes. If you simply wish to stay in the loop or participate, please subscribe to our podcast or follow us on our website www.cbs.dk/cbds or LinkedIn. This podcast is funded by the Centre for Business and Development Studies at Copenhagen Business School. Music: "Last Look" by Crowander

Information

  • Creator
    Centre for Business and Development Studies
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Centre for Business and Development Studies
  • Show Website
    Business in Development

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