A network perspective on the reshoring process: The relevance of the home- and the host-country contexts

Baraldi, Enrico; Ciabuschi, Francesco; Lindahl, Olof; Fratocchi, Luciano

doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2017.08.016

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“…Based on the results of the coding, we refined the framework as depicted in Figure 2. The framework is structured in a graphical way that makes it intuitively easy to follow, so to Baraldi et al 2018). In general, we find evidence that firms find it hard to make correct calculations to base the offshoring or reshoring decision on (Gray et al 2017;Engström et al 2018).…”

Section: Comprehensive Framework With Illustrationsmentioning

confidence: 97%

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What do we want to know about reshoring? Towards a comprehensive framework based on a meta-synthesis

Boffelli

Johansson

2020

Oper Manag Res

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This study aims to develop a framework for reshoring research, specifying the aspects encompassing a full case description. The article reports an analysis of existing case based research focusing on reshoring and the previous offshoring events, with the aim to advance the knowledge within the field through an accumulation process. The selected methodology to achieve this purpose is meta-synthesis, a type of meta-analysis applied to the analysis of qualitative data. The analyzed data are retrieved from a sample of 14 articles including cases of offshoring and subsequent reshoring processes. The sample represent the total population of articles published in peer-reviewed sources. By focusing on the analysis on the article level and the findings generated by the original authors, the study allowed to build a comprehensive framework to lead future reshoring research, as well as to demonstrate the suitability of the methodology in achieving knowledge accumulation even if the articles have different characteristics in terms of theoretical perspectives, unit of analysis, number of cases and context. In doing so, this study contributes to the field of reshoring and more widely to the operations and supply chain management field. Furthermore, this research generates many practical implications, by condensing all the evidences about reshoring so far collected in one single study, thus providing examples of challenges and best-practices.

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confidence: 97%

“…For offshoring, the tipping points mentioned were requirement from a key customer (Baraldi et al 2018) and bad profitability at the domestic site (Gylling et al 2015). For reshoring, negative events at the offshore site (e.g.…”

Section: Comprehensive Framework With Illustrationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What do we want to know about reshoring? Towards a comprehensive framework based on a meta-synthesis

Boffelli

Johansson

2020

Oper Manag Res

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“…Next, considering the importance of innovation for both Chinese and DE firms, policy initiatives that reinforce innovation ecosystems are functional to attracting manufacturing backshoring as well as FDI from EE such as China. This contention is supported by previous research on backshoring that found location within an industrial district advantageous for product innovation (Baraldi et al 2018;Di Mauro et al 2018). In particular, an open innovation system that supports value creation across diverse organisations such as community colleges, research centres or spatial aggregations of knowledge intensive manufacturing create attractive conditions for innovation-seeking investors (Spring et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Next, the innovation competitive priority reflects the relevance of technology and of knowledge acquisition and protection as key location advantages of some DE (Zhao et al 2006;Kathuria et al 2010;Luo and Tung 2018;Ancarani, Di Mauro, and Mascali 2019). In this direction, DE offer innovation ecosystems in which private and public organisations are brought together under institutional settings meant to promote interaction and learning (Baraldi et al 2018;Spring et al 2017).…”

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“…Given that important motivations for manufacturing in DE encompass the acquisition of non-tradable assets (country-of-origin branding) or of scarcely mobile assets incorporating tacit knowledge (know-how and technological innovation), executives should evaluate whether these are sources of competitive advantage in the markets in which they compete. Specifically, when backshoring firms often relocate domestically more value-adding productions, innovation and brand image should be complemented by quality and ability to deliver (Baraldi et al 2018;Di Mauro et al 2018). Conversely, Chinese companies appear to seek the combination of innovation and branding with cost.…”

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From China to the West: why manufacturing locates in developed countries

Ancarani

Mauro

Virtanen

et al. 2020

International Journal of Production Research

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This article analyses the competitive priorities underlying manufacturing location initiatives in developed economies. Specifically, building on secondary data, we compare and contrast manufacturing backshoring from China by companies headquartered in developed economies (308 cases) and Chinese foreign direct investment to developed economies (155 cases). Results suggest that both types of initiatives share some common priorities, such as exploiting the 'country of origin' effect and innovation opportunities in developed countries. At the same time, results highlight differences that may be attributed to the home country of the firm. In particular, cost priorities appear to be more important for Chinese companies than for backshoring ones. Findings offer insight into why manufacturing in developed economies may expand as a result of both repatriations and of foreign direct investments from emerging economies such as China, and point to potential areas of policy intervention.

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Manufacturing reshoring and sustainable development goals: A home versus host country perspective

Di Stefano,

Fratocchi,

Martínez‐Mora

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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After decades of offshoring their manufacturing activities, an increasing number of companies are revising their location strategies and implementing reshoring decisions, including backshoring (relocation in the home country) and nearshoring (relocation in the home region) alternatives. It has been recognized that reshoring strategies are consistent with the sustainable production approach, since they allow companies to produce goods in a manner that is socially beneficial, economically viable, and environmentally less harmful over the whole life cycle of those goods. Additionally, there are early indications that reshoring can also promote and support sustainable consumption approaches. Consequently, reshoring has a wide range of impacts in both the home and the host countries, also in terms of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, this topic has received little attention in the extant reshoring literature. This paper seeks to contribute to the discussion by adopting a two‐step approach. Initially, we analyze the very few contributions available on this topic; then, we identify and discuss which of the 17 SDGs are impacted by reshoring decisions at both the home and the host country level. It emerges that reshoring decisions have several and differentiated impacts in terms of SDGs. In general, these impacts are positive for home countries and negative for host ones. For this reason, a trade‐off emerges when a single relocation decision is taken and implemented. Based on this evidence, implications for scholars, managers and policy makers are presented and discussed.

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A network perspective on the reshoring process: The relevance of the home- and the host-country contexts

Cited by 83 publications

References 60 publications

What do we want to know about reshoring? Towards a comprehensive framework based on a meta-synthesis

What do we want to know about reshoring? Towards a comprehensive framework based on a meta-synthesis

From China to the West: why manufacturing locates in developed countries

Manufacturing reshoring and sustainable development goals: A home versus host country perspective

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