Globalisation, De-Globalisation, the Combination, and the Future of Value Chains

Henry Egbezien Inegbedion () and Eseosa David Obadiaru
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Henry Egbezien Inegbedion: Business Administration Programme, Bowen University Iwo, Iwo 232102, Nigeria
Eseosa David Obadiaru: Graduate School of Business, Leadership University South Africa, Midrand 1686, South Africa

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 15, 1-20

Abstract: This study examined globalisation, de-globalisation, the combination, and the future of value chains to ascertain which would be best for the future of value chains. The study used a cross-sectional survey of 277 randomly selected employees of multinational manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The data were analysed using structural equation model path diagram techniques. The results indicate that de-globalisation and the combination of globalisation and de-globalisation have direct and indirect significant relationships with the future of value chains, but globalisation does not have any direct significant relationship with the future of value chains but has an indirect significant relationship with the future of value chains. In addition, supply chain management significantly mediates the relationships among globalisation, de-globalisation, the combination, and the future of value chains. By establishing a significant association between the combination and the future of value chains, the study departs from future studies whose results are largely situated on the bipolar ends of a continuum. The study makes significant contributions to the traditional theory of trade protectionism, endogenous growth theory, and institutional theory, as well as to practice.

Keywords: globalisation; de-globalisation; combination; supply chain management; the future of value chains (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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