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Investigating the influence of network-manufacturing capabilities to the phenomenon of reshoring: An insight from three case studies

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: After a steady growth in global offshoring activities, it appears now a marked flow in the opposite direction with both a partial and full reversal of offshoring decisions. Research on reshoring put less stresses on the operation of dispersed facilities of an intra-firm network manufacturing. The purpose of this paper is to address the relevance of strategic capabilities for the operation of international manufacturing to the reshoring decision. The paper reports on retrospective studies of three European based companies, which have had recent reshoring experience. We adopt qualitative research using a case-based methodology that includes multiple in-depth interviews based on three companies. The study demonstrates that managerial challenges in the operation of dispersed facilities have played an important role in the reshoring decision. The findings allow understanding how the capability dimensions, ‘thriftiness’ and ‘learning’ being the most important, connect with the phenomenon of reshoring.

Source: BRQ Business Research Quarterly

DOI: 10.1016/j.brq.2018.07.001

Authors: Ahmed Sayem, Andreas Feldmann, Miguel Ortega-Mier

Institutions: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management

Subfield: Management Information Systems

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Industry, innovation and infrastructure, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: European Commission