Reshoring of Manufacturing: Drivers, Opportunities, and Challenges

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Front Matter....Pages i-vi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Manufacturing Reshoring Explained: An Interpretative Framework of Ten Years of Research....Pages 3-37 Offshoring Versus Reshoring? Rather, Shouldn’t It Be Rightshoring?....Pages 39-56 Complementing the Reshoring of Manufacturing Activities: The Relocation of Business Functions....Pages 57-75 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Knowledge Transfer in Reshoring....Pages 79-98 Is 3D Printing an Enabling Technology for Manufacturing Reshoring?....Pages 99-124 Blockchain and Sensor-Based Reputation Enforcement for the Support of the Reshoring of Business Activities....Pages 125-139 Front Matter....Pages 141-141 Reshoring Strategy: Case Illustrations of Japanese Manufacturing Firms....Pages 143-161 The Chinese Bittersweet Cake in Orbea’s Internationalization....Pages 163-181 Country of Origin: Reshoring Implication in the Context of the UK Fashion Industry....Pages 183-201 Reshoring: A Stage in Economic Development or a False Patriotic Tune? The Case of the Polish Apparel and Footwear Industry....Pages 203-236