Despite the vast interest towards the reshoring phenomenon over the past years, many of the extant studies have considered only one relocation decision. However, the reshoring alternative was conceptualized as a possible step of a nonlinear internationalization process of manufacturing activities, characterized by repeated readjustments of the firm’s manufacturing footprint through serial offshoring and reshoring decisions. We explore the longitudinal reshoring decisions of a leading Italian company operating in the aluminium window sector to investigate how the firm’s approach to location decisions has evolved in time, in terms of analytical capabilities, decision support tools, and perceived effectiveness of the choice.
Serial manufacturing back-shoring: evidence from an Italian case study
Barbieri, P.;Fratocchi, L.
2019
Abstract
Despite the vast interest towards the reshoring phenomenon over the past years, many of the extant studies have considered only one relocation decision. However, the reshoring alternative was conceptualized as a possible step of a nonlinear internationalization process of manufacturing activities, characterized by repeated readjustments of the firm’s manufacturing footprint through serial offshoring and reshoring decisions. We explore the longitudinal reshoring decisions of a leading Italian company operating in the aluminium window sector to investigate how the firm’s approach to location decisions has evolved in time, in terms of analytical capabilities, decision support tools, and perceived effectiveness of the choice.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
