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TY - JOUR
T1 - Why and how do firms reshore?
T2 - A contingency-based conceptual framework
AU - Benstead, Amy
AU - Stevenson, Mark
AU - Hendry, Linda Caroline
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Much of the growing body of reshoring literature has focused on why firms reverse a prior location decision. While valuable, this work needs extending to how the decision to reshore is operationalised. Using a two-stage approach, this paper presents a conceptual framework that covers both why and how firms reshore. The framework also utilises contingency theory to identify the factors that influence these decisions. It is therefore claimed to be more comprehensive than others frameworks found in the literature. First, a systematic literature review deductively develops an initial framework. Second, a revised version of the framework is presented using evidence from a single, exemplar case of captive reshoring in the textiles industry. The case evidence identifies new factors and extends a typology of reshoring decisions proposed in the literature to more accurately reflect the dynamic, complex, and incremental nature of the onshore-offshore-reshore location and ownership decision.
AB - Much of the growing body of reshoring literature has focused on why firms reverse a prior location decision. While valuable, this work needs extending to how the decision to reshore is operationalised. Using a two-stage approach, this paper presents a conceptual framework that covers both why and how firms reshore. The framework also utilises contingency theory to identify the factors that influence these decisions. It is therefore claimed to be more comprehensive than others frameworks found in the literature. First, a systematic literature review deductively develops an initial framework. Second, a revised version of the framework is presented using evidence from a single, exemplar case of captive reshoring in the textiles industry. The case evidence identifies new factors and extends a typology of reshoring decisions proposed in the literature to more accurately reflect the dynamic, complex, and incremental nature of the onshore-offshore-reshore location and ownership decision.
KW - Reshoring
KW - Backshoring
KW - Location decisions
KW - Contingency theory
KW - Case study
U2 - 10.1007/s12063-017-0124-5
DO - 10.1007/s12063-017-0124-5
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 85
EP - 103
JO - Operations Management Research
JF - Operations Management Research
SN - 1936-9735
IS - 3-4
ER -