Manufacturing reshoring and its limits:the UK automotive case

Abstract

This paper explores the meaning of reshoring and its drivers in the case of UK manufacturing and in particular its automotive sector. Drawing on interviews, policy reviews and a range of recent surveys, the paper finds that while reshoring is a discernable trend in UK manufacturing, it is less pronounced than many have claimed and that – in the UK case at least - there are severe limits as to how far this reshoring trend can go, particularly in relation to the availability of skills and finance in the supply chain. This is in turn raises questions over the stance of British policy and whether more could be done, with comparisons made to US experience.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsu019
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe
Additional Information: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in ambridge journal of regions, economy and society following peer review. The version of record Bailey, D., & de Propris, L. (2014). Manufacturing reshoring and its limits: the UK automotive case. Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society, 7(3), 379-395. is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsu019
Uncontrolled Keywords: manufacturing,reshoring,onshoring,global value chains,industrial policy
Publication ISSN: 1752-1386
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2024 08:14
Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2015 14:30
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2014-11-01
Published Online Date: 2014-09-16
Authors: Bailey, David (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1956-0556)
de Propris, Lisa

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