Abstract
The global manufacturing location is a dynamic result of competing relocation patterns (i.e., offshoring, re-shoring and re-offshoring). This paper proposes a systematic approach to simultaneously measuring the magnitude of those relocation patterns, overcoming the shortcomings of the existing measurements and establishing a data foundation for capturing the process-specific, industry-specific and country-specific features in different relocation patterns. The empirical evidence prior to 2014 confirms that: (i) re-shoring is more likely to be adopted in capital- or technology-intensive manufacturing; (ii) manufacturing production previously offshored to the high-income economies is much more locationally flexible and (iii) re-shoring, especially that in the labour-intensive industries, is more likely to happen with a higher degree of proximity between countries.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 183-206 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | May 10 2022 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2022 |
Keywords
- industry relocation
- offshoring
- production location re-configuration
- re-offshoring
- re-shoring
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Sociology and Political Science
- Economics and Econometrics