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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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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)