TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract Global businesses base their sourcing operations and manufacturing decisions primarily on financial principles and metrics. What is often disregarded is the strategic value of domestic locations and contextual tacit knowledge. However, recent empirical work on knowledge flows shows that proximity is crucial. The risk of losing knowledge and important competencies developed through generations within companies and value chains needs to be considered when developing a global sourcing strategy. This chapter sheds light on how global shift-backs, through backshoring are seen to affect organizations that are located in a high-cost country. Based on interviews with managers and key personnel within a specific industry, we explore how companies preserve innovative capabilities when considering closing down (captive) offshore centers or when embarking on a backshoring strategy. The implications derived from the case offers valuable insights into how organizational capabilities could be restored when companies bring manufacturing back.
VL  - 30
SN  - 978-1-78743-071-6, 978-1-78743-072-3/1571-5027
DO  - 10.1108/S1571-502720170000030010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720170000030010
AU  - Nujen Bella Belerivana
AU  - Halse Lise Lillebrygfjeld
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Global Shift-Back’s: A Strategy for Reviving Manufacturing Competences
T2  - Breaking up the Global Value Chain
T3  - Advances in International Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 245
EP  - 267
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -