Manufacturing Location Decisions and Organizational Agility
- The location of manufacturing is operationally and strategically important for multinational companies. The spatial dispersion of manufacturing is determined by firm-specific as well as external factors, both of which are subject to constant change. After decades of offshoring production, the paper uses interview data from UK high value manufacturing companies to explore the recent phenomenon of reshoring and the strategic and operational effects of manufacturing location. The analyses show that concentrating manufacturing in home countries enables firms to increase organizational agility and stimulate innovation. However, under certain conditions, firms also continue benefiting from the known advantages of offshoring. This underlines that there is no universal recommendation for improving competitiveness by a certain spatial configuration of manufacturing. Instead, firms need to consider their specific markets, competitive context, and capabilities when strategizing manufacturing location."
Author: | Kay Hendrik HofmannORCiD, Gregory TheyelORCiD |
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Title (English): | Manufacturing Location Decisions and Organizational Agility |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.14469abstract |
ISSN: | 2151-6561 |
ISSN: | 0065-0668 |
Parent Title (English): | Academy of Management Proceedings |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2020 |
Release Date: | 2021/05/25 |
Issue: | 1 |
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Faculties: | Fakultät WiSo |
DDC classes: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 650 Management |
Review Status: | Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion |