New economic trends in global manufacturing: why are manufacturers leaving China?
Date
2016Author
Advisor
Version
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Type
Trabajo Fin de Grado/Gradu Amaierako Lana
Impact
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nodoi-noplumx
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Abstract
For decades there has been a common manufacturing allocation decision pattern consisting on
driving production plants to low cost countries. Nowadays, some of those destinations are
getting especially expensive in terms of labor. This is the case of China whose manufacturing
competitiveness erodes as wage gap narrows. New decisive factors come to the fore: labor
flexibility and reforms, clust ...
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For decades there has been a common manufacturing allocation decision pattern consisting on
driving production plants to low cost countries. Nowadays, some of those destinations are
getting especially expensive in terms of labor. This is the case of China whose manufacturing
competitiveness erodes as wage gap narrows. New decisive factors come to the fore: labor
flexibility and reforms, clusters of excellence, logistics and infrastructure, government
incentives or tax regulation.
Manufactures respond in different ways. Some are moving, others leave and part of them
come back home. New strategies are studied in this report which main aim is to draw a global
picture of the multiple movements currently seen.
Spanish manufacturers are not indifferent. A number of Spanish companies shared their points
of view and corporate allocation experiences for the elaboration of this report. From their
interviews we learn and confirm our expectations about this new global trend in
manufacturing. Those companies are: Babyauto, AYB Hislabor Décor SL, Ficosa SA, Orbea
Sociedad Cooperativa Industrial and Papel Aralar SA. [--]
Subject
Reshoring,
Offshoring,
Outsourcing
Degree
Enpresen Administrazio eta Zuzendaritzan Nazioarteko Graduatua / Ekonomian Nazioarteko Graduatua Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoan /
Graduado o Graduada Internacional en Administración y Dirección de Empresas / Graduado o Graduada Internacional en Economía por la Universidad Pública de Navarra