In the last decades moving the production abroad has become a common practice for companies willing to take the opportunity of localization advantages in other countries. However, the business performance may not always be positive and they it can depend on the target country and the underlying strategic reasons. By means of a sample of 227 Western European companies we analyze the relationship between the strategic reasons to move production abroad and the performance achieved, separately for offshoring and nearshoring contexts. Results show that strategic reasons are actually associated to higher or lower business performance, but the relationships change in nearshoring or offshoring contexts.
Offshoring and nearshoring success: the importance of strategic reasons
CANIATO, FEDERICO FRANCESCO ANGELO;
2011-01-01
Abstract
In the last decades moving the production abroad has become a common practice for companies willing to take the opportunity of localization advantages in other countries. However, the business performance may not always be positive and they it can depend on the target country and the underlying strategic reasons. By means of a sample of 227 Western European companies we analyze the relationship between the strategic reasons to move production abroad and the performance achieved, separately for offshoring and nearshoring contexts. Results show that strategic reasons are actually associated to higher or lower business performance, but the relationships change in nearshoring or offshoring contexts.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
