Backshoring readiness
Backshoring readiness
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DOI：
10.1108/jgoss-05-2018-0020
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发表时间：
2019-02-18
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通讯作者：
Halse, Lise Lillebrygfjeld
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作者：
Nujen, Bella Belerivana;Mwesiumo, Deodat Edward;Halse, Lise Lillebrygfjeld
目的-本研究的目的是描述支持准备的关键方面，并讨论这些方面如何有助于从全球采购业务顺利转移回来。它旨在回答以下问题：哪些因素构成了后移准备以及这些因素如何影响后移过渡。设计/方法/途径-基于组织准备领域和后移新兴领域的理论出发，开发了一个概念模型。一个多个定性的案例研究，然后进行，以确定在study.Findings -研究表明，由于以前的外包，有关公司的能力的可用性的限制的影响，所有权结构和支持的准备因素似乎是时间敏感的。该研究划定了三个关键方面的支持准备，并提出了一个全面的了解准备作为一个重要的结构，以提高成功backshoring.Research限制/影响-研究结果是有限的，这种概念研究的性质，限制到高成本的情况下，数量少的情况下。因此，结论和建议需要进一步调查，最好更大的样本的案例study.Practical影响-通过引入上下文变量，超越传统的成本考虑，这项工作应该是特别感兴趣的从业者和学者，因为采伐的吸收能力在全球范围内，边缘知识是稀缺的，因此与传统的低成本国家相比，西方国家的边缘知识相当昂贵。本研究的另一个实际贡献是概念的支持准备框架本身，因为它可以指导企业在自己的家庭environment. Origality/value的资源可用性-研究定义所需的关键资源，以促进支持准备在一个概念框架，从文学，这是一个案例研究的例子。该框架将支持准备程度概念化为知识、技术和供应商基础设施要求的各个方面。此外，开发的准备框架提供了六个建议，可以使一个公司的准备走上支持和反映其目前的战略的健身方面进行严格的评估公司和他们的管理人员。
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to delineate key aspects of backshoring readiness and discuss how such aspects contribute to a smooth shift-back from global sourcing operations. It aims to answer the following questions: which factors constitute backshoring readiness and how these factors affect the backshoring transition.Design/methodology/approach - Based on theory departure from the organizational readiness field and the emerging field on backshoring, a conceptual model is developed. A multiple qualitative case study is then conducted to exemplify the backshoring readiness factors delineated in the study.Findings - The study indicates that due to previous outsourcing, limitations concerning the availability of firms' capabilities are affected by ownership structures and that backshoring appears to be time-sensitive. The study delineates three key aspects of backshoring readiness and proposes a comprehensive understanding of readiness as an important construct to enhance successful backshoring.Research limitations/implications - The findings are limited by the nature of this conceptual study, the restriction to a high-cost context and the small number of cases. Therefore, conclusions and proposed recommendations need to be further investigated in preferably larger samples of case studies.Practical implications - By introducing contextual variables that go beyond traditional cost considerations, this work should be of special interest for both practitioners and academics, because the absorptive capacity for the exploitation of cutting-edge knowledge is globally scarce and hence rather expensive in Western countries compared with traditionally low-cost countries. Another practical contribution of this study is the conceptual backshoring readiness framework itself, as it can guide firms acquainting themselves with the resource availability in their home environment.Originality/value - The research defines key resources needed to facilitate backshoring readiness in a conceptual framework developed from literature, which is then exemplified by a case study. This framework conceptualizes backshoring readiness as aspects of requirements to knowledge, technology and supplier infrastructures. Furthermore, the readiness framework developed provides firms and their managers with six recommendations that can enable a rigorous evaluation of a firm's readiness to embark on backshoring and reflect on the aspect of fitness of its current strategies.