The reshoring of business services: reaction to failure or persistent strategy?

Albertoni, F., Elia, S., Massini, S. and Piscitello, L. (2017) The reshoring of business services: reaction to failure or persistent strategy? Journal of World Business, 52 (3). pp. 417-430. ISSN 1090-9516 doi: 10.1016/j.jwb.2017.01.005

Abstract/Summary

This paper investigates whether reshoring of business services is the result of company response to performance shortcomings of the initiative offshored or instead is motivated by persisting with original offshoring strategy (disintegration advantages, accessing new markets and cost-saving), regardless of offshoring performance. Our empirical analysis, based on data from the Offshoring Research Network, shows that both arguments hold. Moreover, when offshoring had been motivated by accessing to new markets and its performance is unsatisfactory, companies are likely to relocate. However, unsatisfactory performance of activities offshored for efficiency reasons or search of talent, do not necessarily lead companies to relocate elsewhere.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/84152
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.jwb.2017.01.005
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Henley Business School > International Business and Strategy
Publisher	Elsevier
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