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Globalisation of production and innovation: how outsourcing is reshaping an advanced manufacturing area

Die Globalisierung von Produktion und Innovation: wie sich eine fortgeschrittene Produktionsregion durch Outsourcing verändert
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Cusmano, Lucia
Mancusi, Maria Luisa
Morrison, Andrea

Abstract

This paper investigates the determinants and the spatial and functional dimensions of firms’ outsourcing. Based on a large survey of manufacturing firms in Lombardy, the analysis shows that outsourcing is remarkably wide across sectors and has a clear regional dimension, concerning highly skilled fi... view more

This paper investigates the determinants and the spatial and functional dimensions of firms’ outsourcing. Based on a large survey of manufacturing firms in Lombardy, the analysis shows that outsourcing is remarkably wide across sectors and has a clear regional dimension, concerning highly skilled firms at most. Offshoring is still a minor fraction of the deverticalisation process, largely related to wider strategies of internationalisation by foreign group subsidiaries at intermediate stages of the value chain. The evidence suggests the regional system is inserting onto global knowledge networks, but also points at the risk of "branch plant effects" in high tech segments.... view less

Keywords
outsourcing

Classification
Manufacturing
Management Science
Area Development Planning, Regional Research

Free Keywords
Offshoring; Regional production system; Manufacturing industry; Italy

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

Page/Pages
p. 235-252

Journal
Regional Studies, 44 (2010) 3

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400802360451

Status
Postprint; peer reviewed

Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)


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