Interest in back-reshoring strategies – intended as companies' decisions to reverse previous off-shoring by bringing manufacturing back home – has gained momentum recently. However, little is known so far about the magnitude of this phenomenon, about its geographical boundaries, and about the underlying motivations. In this paper a characterization of back-shoring as part of the dynamics of firms' internationalization strategies is offered. Next, building on emerging empirical evidence, open questions are identified and an agenda for research is proposed.
When manufacturing moves back: Concepts and questions
FRATOCCHI, LUCIANO;BARBIERI, PAOLO;ZANONI, ANDREA
2014
Abstract
Interest in back-reshoring strategies – intended as companies' decisions to reverse previous off-shoring by bringing manufacturing back home – has gained momentum recently. However, little is known so far about the magnitude of this phenomenon, about its geographical boundaries, and about the underlying motivations. In this paper a characterization of back-shoring as part of the dynamics of firms' internationalization strategies is offered. Next, building on emerging empirical evidence, open questions are identified and an agenda for research is proposed.File in questo prodotto:
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