Reshoring: Does Home Country Matter? Wan, L., Orzes, G., Sartor, M., & Nassimbeni, G. (2019). Reshoring: Does home country matter? Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 25(4).
This paper aims to analyze whether and how reshoring projects are different across countries, thereby further exploring the underlying home country-related factors contributing to reshoring peculiarities. Using a dataset including 529 cross-industry reshoring projects developed by companies headquartered in five countries (i.e., U.S., Germany, UK, France, and Italy), the study shows that these projects differ in terms of industry entry mode, firm size, and motivations. Thus, reshoring turns out to be a phenomenon where each country has its peculiarities. The research further sheds light on the possible institutional, cultural/cognitive, and industry/resource-related factors underlying these specificities.