Reshoring: Opportunities and Limits for Manufacturing in the UK – the case of the Auto Sector
In recent years, ‘offshoring’ and ‘outsourcing’ have transformed fundamentally nationally based auto sectors into global networks of design, production and distribution across the global value chains coordinated by the major automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). As manufacturing activi...
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