Luciano Fratocchi

TL;DR: In this article, a characterization of back-shoring as part of the dynamics of firms' internationalization strategies is offered, and open questions are identified and an agenda for research is proposed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use social capital theory to discuss the growth of international new ventures, aiming to verify whether or not social capital may be considered as a critical source of knowledge acquisition abroad.

TL;DR: In this article, an interpretative framework for the analysis of reshoring motivations is proposed, which can be applied to analyze motivations for reshoring, as they emerge from extant literature and from new evidence collected.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the determinants of the duration of manufacturing offshore experiences by US and European firms prior to reshoring, and found that the likelihood of termination of offshore manufacturing and the return to the home country may be accelerated by technology-based industries, small firms, shrinking cost differentials and the psychic distance between home and host country, the organizational archetypes, and quality related motivations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide academicians and practitioners with a theory-based framework regarding horizontal collaboration in logistics, based on an incremental perspective, according to two main dimensions: mutual trust among partners and the extent of the cooperation.