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An Analysis about reverse offshoring

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  • Piatanesi, Benedetta
  • Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria

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Economies that traditionally benefited from offshoring are losing some of their strategical advantages, with a consequent increase in backshoring (i.e., reverse offshoring) by developed economies. This paper describes this phenomenon and tries to shed light, from an Italian perspective, on the current challenges, trends and debates of backshoring, and on its main determinants. A new phenomenon known as nearshoring is also analysed—this consists of relocating some previously offshored manufacturing activities so that they are now close to previous core locations, but not so close as to suffer from disagglomeration effects. Key words: offshoring, backshoring, and nearshoring. JEL Classification: R12, R30

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  • Piatanesi, Benedetta & Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria, 2019. "An Analysis about reverse offshoring," Working Papers 2072/376030, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Economia regional; Localització industrial; 332 - Economia regional i territorial. Economia del sòl i de la vivenda;
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    JEL classification:

    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R30 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - General

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