Federico II

11th Business Systems Laboratory
International Symposium

The end of “One World”:

Systemic Consequences of De-Globalization

January 27-29, 2027
Università di Napoli "Federico II
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via Partenope, 36 - Napoli, Italy

TRACK TOPIC

Organising Knowledge and Innovation in a Fragmented World: Systemic Responses to De-globalisation

CHAIR

Enis Elezi

Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster Business School, UK

This track explores how de-globalization reshapes organisational knowledge, learning and innovation.

As global systems become more fragmented, regionalised and contested, organisations face new challenges in accessing expertise, sharing knowledge, sustaining innovation ecosystems, governing digital and technological infrastructures, and adapting to uncertainty.

The track welcomes conceptual, empirical, methodological and practice-based contributions that discuss organisational learning, knowledge management, innovation management and related perspectives to examine how organisations respond to the systemic consequences of de-globalization.

It is particularly interested in knowledge governance, innovation ecosystems, organisational resilience, technological decoupling, supply-chain knowledge, AI-mediated knowledge work, local and regional innovation, and the role of leadership and culture in supporting adaptive learning. 

The track seeks to encourage discussion around questions such as:

• How does de-globalization reshape organisational knowledge flows, learning processes and innovation capabilities?

• How do organisations maintain innovation capacity when global collaboration, talent mobility and technological interdependence become more restricted?

• What systemic feedback loops connect geopolitical fragmentation, organisational learning and innovation outcomes?

• How do organisations balance local knowledge, regional resilience and global competitiveness?

• What forms of knowledge are lost, protected, hidden or reconfigured as organisations respond to fragmented world orders?

• How are AI, digital platforms and technological decoupling changing knowledge work and innovation systems?

• What role do leadership, culture and governance play in enabling learning and innovation in uncertain environments?

• How can organisations develop sufficient variety, flexibility and learning capacity to respond to complex external disruption?