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Coming home and (not) moving in? Examining reshoring firms’ subnational location choices in the United States

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  • Sharif Rasel
  • Ismail Abdulhak
  • Paul Kalfadellis
  • Mariano L. M. Heyden

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The relation between firm characteristics (i.e., size) and domestic location choice (i.e., home state versus other) of reshoring firms, contingent on place (i.e., labour cost, innovation intensity, regulatory incentives) and space (i.e., agglomeration) features of regions is examined. The findings from US manufacturing firms’ reshoring activities from 2008 to 2017 suggest that larger firms are less likely to reshore to their home state. This tendency is strengthened when cost of production in a home state is higher, but offset when states provide higher incentives and have higher levels of agglomeration. Technological innovativeness in the home state did not influence this relation.

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  • Sharif Rasel & Ismail Abdulhak & Paul Kalfadellis & Mariano L. M. Heyden, 2020. "Coming home and (not) moving in? Examining reshoring firms’ subnational location choices in the United States," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(5), pages 704-718, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:54:y:2020:i:5:p:704-718
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1669784
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    1. Di Mauro, Carmela & Ancarani, Alessandro, 2022. "A taxonomy of back-shoring initiatives in the US," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 31(5).
    2. 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.
    3. Henkel, Malin & Boffelli, Albachiara & Olhager, Jan & Kalchschmidt, Matteo, 2022. "A case survey of offshoring–backshoring cases: The influence of contingency factors," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 253(C).

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