Investigation on the relocation and backshoring strategies of french manufacturing companies
Corbet, Lucie (2012)
Turun ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205107484
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205107484
Tiivistelmä
In this thesis, two phenomena are approached: the relocation and the backshoring of companies. In order to follow a certain chronology, it is the phenomenon of relocation which is explained first, in order to continue with the one of backshoring. Indeed, if the relocation of a company does not take place, the backshoring of this same company can not happen.
Thus, to begin this thesis and also to help the reader to better understand its topic, few definitions of relocation are provided as well as others of related terms that are often used to talk about it but that do not always mean the same thing. Then, the history of this phenomenon and the influence of the international competition are approached before talking about the different factors, which make this process possible. Additional informations are also provided on the current host countries before giving some examples of companies which already went through this process.
But relocation does not work for everybody. Thus, some companies decide to come back in their home country. It corresponds to the definition of the backshoring process which is defined after in the second part of this thesis. The different waves and steps of the process are also approached, before giving some of the reasons which push companies to choose this option. To finish this thesis and to give it a more practical aspect, three cases of companies are delivered.
Thus, to begin this thesis and also to help the reader to better understand its topic, few definitions of relocation are provided as well as others of related terms that are often used to talk about it but that do not always mean the same thing. Then, the history of this phenomenon and the influence of the international competition are approached before talking about the different factors, which make this process possible. Additional informations are also provided on the current host countries before giving some examples of companies which already went through this process.
But relocation does not work for everybody. Thus, some companies decide to come back in their home country. It corresponds to the definition of the backshoring process which is defined after in the second part of this thesis. The different waves and steps of the process are also approached, before giving some of the reasons which push companies to choose this option. To finish this thesis and to give it a more practical aspect, three cases of companies are delivered.