A new paper by IMEG member Nicos Moushouttas published in Work, Employment and Society explores the organisational dynamics and production processes of worker cooperatives to analyse their potential as non-exploitative spaces of production within the capitalist economy.

IMEG member Gerhard Schnyder has published a paper in New Political Economy with Andreas Nölke (Goethe University Frankfurt), Dori Sallai (LSE), and Daniel Kinderman (University of Delaware) addressing nationalist populist governments’ puzzling treatment of foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs). The article explains why these governments sometimes provide generous support for, while at other times taking aggressive action against foreign MNEs.

Dr Merve Sancak has published a new chapter titled “Vocational Education and Training” in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Business and Government, a comprehensive reference work addressing key debates at the intersection of business, public policy, and political economy. The chapter provides a conceptual overview of vocational education and training (VET) and examines its role in shaping skills formation, labour markets, and economic development.

IMEG member Prof Anna Grosman has won a Best Paper Award at the 2025 European International Business Academy (EIBA) conference for her paper "Consequences of Multinationals' Forced Foreign Divestments."

This week, IMEG hosted Prof Guillaume Vallet (Université Grenobles Alpes) for a research seminar. Guillaume provided an overview of the Swiss variety of capitalism and discussed two key historical moments in its formation.