TheEntryMode(EM)choiceisafundamentalissueinreshoringinitiatives.Despiteseveralauthorshavestudied thedeterminantsofoffshoringEM,nostudyhasinvestigatedsofarthefactorsaffectingthereshoringEMandits relation with the offshoring EM. The purpose of this paper is to examine which factors influence entry mode choiceinreshoringinitiatives.WedevelopaconceptualframeworkthatexplainsthereshoringEMintermsof country-,industry-,firm-andproject-specificfactors,inadditiontotheoffshoringEMchoice.Next,wetestthis modelbyusingasampleof677cross-industryandcross-countryreshoringprojects.Basedontheresults,wefind thatoffshoringEMsignificantlyconstrainsthesubsequentreshoringEM.Moreindetail,firmsadoptingoffshore insourcing entry modes tend to retain these modes in reshoring. Furthermore, reshoring EM is explained by industry-andproject-specificfactors,whileoffshoringEMisinfluencedbyabroadersetofindustry-,country-, andfirm-specificfactors.ThisstudyfillsagapinthereshoringliteraturebyanalysinginfluentialfactorsinEM choiceandbyofferingacomparisonbetweenthedeterminantsofoffshoringandreshoringEM.
Entry modes in reshoring strategies: An empirical analysis
Di Mauro, CarmelaPenultimo
Formal Analysis
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2019-01-01
Abstract
TheEntryMode(EM)choiceisafundamentalissueinreshoringinitiatives.Despiteseveralauthorshavestudied thedeterminantsofoffshoringEM,nostudyhasinvestigatedsofarthefactorsaffectingthereshoringEMandits relation with the offshoring EM. The purpose of this paper is to examine which factors influence entry mode choiceinreshoringinitiatives.WedevelopaconceptualframeworkthatexplainsthereshoringEMintermsof country-,industry-,firm-andproject-specificfactors,inadditiontotheoffshoringEMchoice.Next,wetestthis modelbyusingasampleof677cross-industryandcross-countryreshoringprojects.Basedontheresults,wefind thatoffshoringEMsignificantlyconstrainsthesubsequentreshoringEM.Moreindetail,firmsadoptingoffshore insourcing entry modes tend to retain these modes in reshoring. Furthermore, reshoring EM is explained by industry-andproject-specificfactors,whileoffshoringEMisinfluencedbyabroadersetofindustry-,country-, andfirm-specificfactors.ThisstudyfillsagapinthereshoringliteraturebyanalysinginfluentialfactorsinEM choiceandbyofferingacomparisonbetweenthedeterminantsofoffshoringandreshoringEM.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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