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DESCRIPTION:How Do We Build Supply-Chain Resilience? The Case of COVID-19 M
 edical Supplies\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n				Dr. Gary Gereffi\n			\n		\n	\n\n\nWith a high-level p
 anel of leaders in science\, technology\, on-the-ground action\, investmen
 t\, and policy\n\n\n	\n		\n			\n				A series of recent global disruptions\, includin
 g the 2008-2009 global economic recession\, the rise of the digital econom
 y (also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0)\, the g
 rowing wave of economic nationalism\, and the current COVID-19 global pand
 emic\, have called into question the supply-chain vulnerabilities associat
 ed with numerous global industries. To build more robust cross-sectoral an
 d international supply chains\, we need a multidimensional conception of r
 esilience that has different meanings for companies\, global value chains 
 (GVCs) that link lead firms and multiple tiers of suppliers\, and countrie
 s. The interplay between these three levels is examined for four medical s
 upply products of critical importance during the COVID-19 pandemic: rubber
  gloves\, face masks\, ventilators\, and the vaccines developed specifical
 ly for COVID-19. Key strategies are highlighted that could guide managers 
 and policymakers in building resilience for future supply-chain disruption
 s.\n\n				About the speaker\n\n				\n					\n						\n							\n								Gary Gereffi is Emeritus Professor of S
 ociology and Director of the Global Value Chains Center at Duke University
 . He received his B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame and his M.
 Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from Yale University. Gereffi has published over a
  dozen books and numerous articles on globalization\, industrial upgrading
 \, and social and economic development\, and he is one of the originators 
 of the global value chains framework. Recent books include: Global Value C
 hains\, Governance and Globalization Strategy (Gary Gereffi\, Pavida Panan
 ond and Torben Pedersen\, co-editors)\, special issue of Global Strategy J
 ournal\, 10(3)\, 2020\; Handbook on Global Value Chains (Stefano Ponte\, G
 ary Gereffi and Gale Raj-Reichert\, co-editors)\, Cheltenham\, UK: Edward 
 Elgar Publishing\, 2019\; Global Value Chains and Development: Redefining 
 the Contours of 21st Century Capitalism (Cambridge University Press\, 2018
 )\; and Global Value Chains in a Postcrisis World: A Development Perspecti
 ve (The World Bank\, 2010).\n\n								Current projects include: (1) the impact of
  the COVID-19 pandemic on the resilience of global supply chains\; (2) the
  impact of U.S. protectionism on jobs and regional trade agreements\; (3) 
 evaluating how the digital economy and Industry 4.0 are likely to affect i
 nternational business strategies and economic\, social and environmental u
 pgrading\; and (4) shifting regional interdependencies in East Asia and No
 rth America\, with a focus on China\, South Korea and Mexico vis-à-vis th
 e United States. Gereffi was invited to testify at the US Senate Commerce 
 Committee hearings on “Implementing Supply Chain Resiliency” in Washington
 \, DC on July 15\, 2021. The hearing details\, including a list of speaker
 s\, their written statements\, and the video recording (webcast) are prese
 nted online.\n\n								\n								About the series\n\n								\n									\n										\n											\n												The Precision Convergence se
 ries is launched to catalyze unique synergy between\, on the one hand\, no
 vel partnerships across sciences\, sectors and jurisdictions around target
 ed domains of real-world solutions\, and on the other hand\, a next genera
 tion convergence of AI with advanced research computing and other data and
  digital architectures such as PSC’s Bridges-2\, and supporting data shari
 ng frameworks such as HuBMAP\, informing in a real time as possible the de
 sign\, deployment and monitoring of solutions for adaptive real-world beha
 vior and context.\n											\n										\n									\n								\n							\n						\n					\n				\n			\n		\n	\n\n
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SUMMARY:Precision Convergence Webinar Series with Dr. Gary Gereffi
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