Essays about: "backshoring"

Found 4 essays containing the word backshoring.

  1. 1. Bringing it back home? : The effects of Industry 4.0 on backshoring to the home country: A qualitative study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

    Author : Selina Jordi; Sina Roth; [2023]
    Keywords : International Business; Backshoring; Industry 4.0; Internationalization; Offshoring; Technologies;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study the impact of Industry 4.0 on the backshoring of international companies. As well, this thesis will provide an in-depth look of how backshoring is being carried out under the wave of Industry 4.0. READ MORE

  3. 2. Backshore Once Offshored Manufacturing? : Exploring Sustainability as a Driver for Backshoring Decisions in Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Valeria Bracamonte Nuñez; [2022]
    Keywords : offshoring; backshoring; sustainability; environmental system analysis tools; environmental decision making; Swedish automotive industry and global steel industry;

    Abstract : This master thesis has been conducted for Hanza Holding AB which is a global company with production facilities grouped into local clusters in proximity to its clients. The company has experienced an increased demand from companies seeking to relocate their production back to their home countries to be closer to their end markets. READ MORE

  4. 3. Drivers of Backshoring: An exploration of the applicability of theory. A qualitative case study analysis of six Swedish companies.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ayza Plamenova Hristozova; Marisa Pauline Rabiolo; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Backshoring has been the focus of a growing body of research in recent years, with several different determinants having been postulated through theoretical perspectives in the previous research. This study aims to determine how applicable these perspectives and their reasoning are to cases of backshoring of six Swedish companies. READ MORE

  5. 4. Critical cost and risk factors in a reshoring decision - A Swedish Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion

    Author : Julia Karlsson; Valzone Citaku; [2017]
    Keywords : Reshoring; Onshoring; Backshoring; Inshoring; Back-reshoring; Reshoring decision; Manufacturing relocation decision; Cost analysis; Risk assessment; Cost factors; Risk factors;

    Abstract : Background: A growing reshoring trend has recently been discovered, when companies bring back their manufacturing to the domestic country. Reshoring has received more public attention recently and the interest in reshoring strategies is growing. READ MORE