Trends in production relocation and backshoring activities: Changing patterns in the course of the global economic crisis

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 696-720

  Kinkel, Steffen ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS AND INNOVATION RESEARCH ISI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backshoring; German manufacturing industry; Global economic crisis; Off shore investments; Offshoring; Probit regression analysis; Relocation; World economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860728300     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571211230934     Document Type: Article

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