From Offshoring to Backshoring: The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing

Dmitrij Slepniov; Erik Skov Madsen

From Offshoring to Backshoring: The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the evolution of offshoring over time. The paper employs qualitative methodology and on the basis of two case studies of Danish companies, it develops a framework conceptualizing the stages of offshoring and highlights the factors driving the transition between these stages. The framework challenges the linear nature of offshoring and proposes the existence of ‘the pendulum effect’. The pendulum effect suggests that the modes of offshoring (i.e. captive and non-captive) and geographies of offshoring (i.e. home and abroad) are not static; rather, they change in the course of the life cycle of offshored tasks. The findings of the paper advance our understanding about how and why geography and mode of offshored tasks may change over time. The main emphasis is given to the concepts of backshoring and repatriation of activities that increasingly attract attention of academia and practitioners. The paper discusses the possible implications of offshoring in the next era of Chinese manufacturing and closes with limitations and possible future extensions of the study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China : Beyond catching-up: The Next Era of Chinese Manufacturing Growth and Innovation
Number of pages	9
Place of Publication	Cambridge, UK
Publisher	University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing
Publication date	Sept 2015
Pages	42-50
ISBN (Print)	9781902546537
Publication status	Published - Sept 2015
Event	The Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China: Beyond catching-up: The Next Era of Chinese Manufacturing Growth and Innovation - Hangzhou, China Duration: 4 Sept 2015 → 6 Sept 2015 Conference number: 11

Conference

Conference	The Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China
Number	11
Country/Territory	China
City	Hangzhou
Period	04/09/2015 → 06/09/2015

Keywords

Offshoring
Backshoring
Case studies
China

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SDC research project: Sino-Danish Center Research Project: Value Chain Innovation
Wæhrens, B. V., Slepniov, D., Johansen, J., Søberg, P. V., Cheng, Y., Vang, J., Madsen, E. S., Adeyemi, O. A., DU, J., Wu, X., Wu, D. & Schulzmann, D.
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Slepniov, D., & Madsen, E. S. (2015). From Offshoring to Backshoring: The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing. In The Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China: Beyond catching-up: The Next Era of Chinese Manufacturing Growth and Innovation (pp. 42-50). University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing.

Slepniov, Dmitrij ; Madsen, Erik Skov. / From Offshoring to Backshoring : The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing. The Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China: Beyond catching-up: The Next Era of Chinese Manufacturing Growth and Innovation. Cambridge, UK : University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing, 2015. pp. 42-50

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Slepniov, D & Madsen, ES 2015, From Offshoring to Backshoring: The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing. in The Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China: Beyond catching-up: The Next Era of Chinese Manufacturing Growth and Innovation. University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing, Cambridge, UK, pp. 42-50, The Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China, Hangzhou, China, 04/09/2015.

From Offshoring to Backshoring: The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing. / Slepniov, Dmitrij; Madsen, Erik Skov.
The Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Global Manufacturing and China: Beyond catching-up: The Next Era of Chinese Manufacturing Growth and Innovation. Cambridge, UK: University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing, 2015. p. 42-50.

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From Offshoring to Backshoring: The path of two Danish companies and implications in the next era of Chinese manufacturing

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