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The key role of infrastructure in backshoring operations: the case of free zones

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  • Alexandre Lavissiere

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)

  • Tibor Mandják

    (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie)

  • Laurent Fedi

    (Kedge BS - Kedge Business School)

Abstract

‘Backshoring' or ‘reshoring' is a key issue for governments and companies. This article aims to address the role of infrastructure in backshoring process through the free zone areas. Based on the interactive network approach, two case studies have been analysed, one in the United States of America and the other in Mauritius. Results show the helpfulness of this broader view in understanding certain characteristics of backshoring. From this perspective, we could consider backshoring as a network process that binds actors locally thanks to the reshoring of resources in order to combine them and create new value with domestic activities. These activities are neither the same as they were when domestic, nor the same as when they were once abroad because the whole interaction process in the supply chain networks changes the nature of interactions. This research concludes that, offshoring, then backshoring …

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  • Alexandre Lavissiere & Tibor Mandják & Laurent Fedi, 2016. "The key role of infrastructure in backshoring operations: the case of free zones," Post-Print hal-01954495, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01954495
    DOI: 10.1080/16258312.2016.1215522
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    1. Alexandre Lavissière & Jean-Paul Rodrigue, 2017. "Free ports: towards a network of trade gateways," Journal of Shipping and Trade, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Diletta Pegoraro & Lisa Propris & Agnieszka Chidlow, 2022. "Regional factors enabling manufacturing reshoring strategies: A case study perspective," Journal of International Business Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 5(1), pages 112-133, March.
    3. Fernando Merino & Cristina Di Stefano & Luciano Fratocchi, 2021. "Back-shoring vs near-shoring: a comparative exploratory study in the footwear industry," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 14(1), pages 17-37, June.

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