Using data from the European Restructuring Monitor, this paper explores the relocation of second degree (RoSD) of European manufacturing companies in the time span between 2002 and 2015. Within RoSDs we distinguish two typologies: “Relocation to the Home Country (RHC)” and “Relocation to a Third Country (RTC)”. In this paper we provide a descriptive analysis of the trends over time and a network analysis of the origin and destination countries, with a special attention to the distinction between Western and Eastern Europe and to the role of the financial crisis. Moreover, we explore the role of the location drivers underlying the initial cross-border investment in fostering the two different type of RoSDs. Results show that the firms that invest abroad for market-seeking and asset-seeking reasons are more likely to undertake a RHC, while firms investing abroad for cost-saving and productivity reasons are more likely to relocate to third country.
Relocation of second degree intra-UE: a study in the manufacturing industries / BARBIERI, PAOLO; FRATOCCHI, LUCIANO; ELIA, STEFANO; GOLINI, RUGGERO. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 1-30. (Intervento presentato al convegno The Digital Transformation of Business and Society XXVIII Annual Scientific Meeting Associazione italiana di Ingegneria Gestionale (RSA AiIG 2017) tenutosi a BARI (ITALIA) nel 19-20 OTTOBRE 2017).
Relocation of second degree intra-UE: a study in the manufacturing industries
BARBIERI, PAOLO;FRATOCCHI, LUCIANO;
2017
Abstract
Using data from the European Restructuring Monitor, this paper explores the relocation of second degree (RoSD) of European manufacturing companies in the time span between 2002 and 2015. Within RoSDs we distinguish two typologies: “Relocation to the Home Country (RHC)” and “Relocation to a Third Country (RTC)”. In this paper we provide a descriptive analysis of the trends over time and a network analysis of the origin and destination countries, with a special attention to the distinction between Western and Eastern Europe and to the role of the financial crisis. Moreover, we explore the role of the location drivers underlying the initial cross-border investment in fostering the two different type of RoSDs. Results show that the firms that invest abroad for market-seeking and asset-seeking reasons are more likely to undertake a RHC, while firms investing abroad for cost-saving and productivity reasons are more likely to relocate to third country.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
