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Resho ing concep s: De ini ionsand a s uc u ed
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Resho ing concep s:
de ini ions and a s uc u ed
bibliome ic e iew
Muhammad Fa ooq Siddiqui, Wa da Khalid and Muhammad A salan
Depa men o Managemen , Ins i u e o Business Adminis a ion Ka achi,
Ka achi, Pakis an
Abs ac
Pu pose –The aim o his pape is o clea ly ma k he clus e s in he ela ed li e a u e using bibliome ic
analysis and d aw use ul implica ions o he academic esea ch pu poses especially in he s eam o Supply
Chain Managemen (SCM).
Design/me hodology/app oach –By employing igo ous selec ion c i e ia, sample a icles we e selec ed
o syn hesizing and conduc ing a bibliome ic analysis. This pape ies o iden i y he signi icance o he
concep o esho ing wi h he aspec o SCM, ope a ions, logis ics e c. S a ing om sample selec ion,
sys ema ic selec ion c i e ia has been used o gene a e he da abase, using Scopus. The sample size was 184.
Using VOSViewe , s a is ical and g aphical ep esen a ions we e gene a ed o clus e s in he li e a u e ha
will be use ul o judging he ends o esea ch unde sho ing concep s.
Findings –Findings show ha unclea di e ence compa ed o o he supply chain concep s obs uc s u he
heo y de elopmen wi hin esho ing concep s. To add ess his challenge, he e iew ca ego izes hemes and
de ines bounda ies. Based on he analysis indings, his pape ad oca es o addi ional esea ch in a eas ha
a e c ucial bu ha e ecei ed limi ed o no a en ion. Speci ically, he e is a need o ac ion esea ch on
mo i a ions, go e nance modes, and loca ion selec ion conce ning esho ing decisions.
Resea ch limi a ions/implica ions –This e iew has a ew limi a ions. The absence o publica ions in
o he language, han English, may esul in a signi ican loss o knowledge. This esea ch pape ci ed a ew
ele an publica ions in he o m o con e ence pape s, indus y epo s, books, and book chap e s.
None heless, hey we e excluded om he o ganized bibliome ic audi . To u he ad ance he knowledge in
his ield, explo a o y longi udinal case s udies will b ing o ocus he changes on manu ac u ing s a egies
using he sho ing and esho ing s ages.
P ac ical implica ions –A cu en example o his is a F ench company named S il (Te zian, 2020) which
b ough i s glass he mome e p oduc ion back o i s home a e he unexpec ed closu e o i s supplie s om
China. Ano he I alian i m has es a ed p oduc ion o disposal bio-deg adable ace masks a e 15 yea s o
compe e wi h low-cos al e na i es om China (G eco, 2020). Resho ing concep s a e now unde conside a ion
o o ganiza ions including Boeing, Bosch, Phillips and mo e.
O iginali y/ alue –To he bes o ou knowledge, his ep esen s one o he ea lies e o s o concep ualize
and de ine esho ing concep s, aiming o dis inguish hem om one ano he app op ia ely. To accomplish
his, he ea lie dema ca ed clus e s p ecede his sec ion’s classi ica ion o esho ing concep s illus a ed in
Table 8. Based on he syn hesis o de ini ions and hema ic clus e s abo e, we ha e concluded he li e a u e
e iew in his eme ging ield. I is in ended o con ibu e o heo y de elopmen and p ac i ione suppo in
esho ing decisions by cla i ying he dimensions.
Keywo ds O sho ing, Resho ing, Close sho ing
Pape ype Resea ch pape
In oduc ion
De-in e na ionaliza ion can esul om back-sho ing/ e-sho ing (mig a ing o he na ion
o beginning) o close sho ing (mo ing o a close by coun y) o om lea ing speci ic
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na ions o locales o di e en easons. The company may each a poin a which
in e na ionaliza ion ceases, ei he empo a ily o pe manen ly. The idea o de-
in e na ionaliza ion was ea lies ad anced by Welch and Luos a inen, (2017),who
heo ized ha once a i m had in e na ionalized, he e was no assu ance ha i would
con inue o g ow ansna ional ac i i ies in he u u e. Academics ha e s udied esho ing
concep s and i s mani es a ions unde nume ous ags such as de-in e na ionaliza ion, exi
decision, o eign o in e na ional di es men , in e na ional ma ke exi , expo ma ke
wi hd awal, e e se in e na ionaliza ion, back sho ing, e c. These all discuss ac ions o a
ela ed na u e in he i m’s ansna ional ajec o y, whe he i is looking a downscaling
i s o e seas se ups, changing i s modes o ope a ion, e- ocusing on he home ma ke , o
b inging manu ac u ing back home.
The cu en esea ch wo k ha dly po ays any ends ega ding he e olu ion o speci ic
pa ame e s in li e a u e pe aining o esho ing. The e a en’ many sys ema ic e iews o he
li e a u e wi hin he ield, and hose ha do exis a e limi ed by hei lack o in-dep h analysis
and co e age. This s udy employs me hodological ad ancemen s o examine he esho ing
discipline’s li e a u e by clea ly iden i ying clus e s.
Resho ing concep s
The p oblem is compounded by he conside able numbe o op ions ela ed o each o hese
a angemen s. Fo ins ance, conside ing only di es men , e mina ing a subsidia y does
no ce ainly mean esho ing o a mul ina ional en e p ise (MNE), because he i m may
ha e opened o he subsidia ies in o he coun ies. In addi ion, a i m may close a
p oduc ion subsidia y, bu lea e a comme cial agency o ex e nal b oke s o
ep esen a i es in ac , which would also be measu ed an ac o esho ing, bu wi hou
lea ing he o eign ma ke . The ans e al o a subsidia y om a dis an coun y o a
p oxima e coun y may ha e modes e ec in e ms o he sum o coun ies in which he
MNE ope a es, bu depending on he coun y o coun ies wi hd awn, i may also mean
nea sho ing om wo ldwide (ope a ing on se e al con inen s) o egional (ope a ing on a
single con inen ). Thus, he e is a wide- anging a ia ion o esho ing concep s, wi h e y
dissimila in luences on he na u e, scope, and in ensi y o he i m’s in e con inen al
ac i i ies as shown in Table 1.
Au ho De ini ion
Bo elli e al. (2020) a. Loca ion decision
b. Change in owne ship
c. Re e sal o he o sho ing decision, so i in ol es only
p e iously o sho ed ac i i ies
Sequei a and Hille o h (2019),Pe
Hille o h e al. (2019)
P ocess whe eby manu ac u ing is mo ed back o na i e land
Pe Hille o h e al. (2019) When companies decide o mo e manu ac u ing back o hei home
coun y
M€
ulle and Voig (2017) The e u ning o p ocu emen and p oduc ion om ab oad o home
coun y
Whi e and Bo che s (2016) Re e sal o o sho ing
A ik (2013) In he US con ex , his means he eloca ion o he business ope a ion
o he US om eme ging ma ke s
Sou ce(s): Au ho s’ own c ea ion
Table 1.
Va ie y o esho ing
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Classi ica ion o esho ing concep s
An o ganiza ion will ake di e en eloca ion s a egies such as insou cing and esho ing
la gely dependen on i a change happened in he supply ma ke and/o i s channel.
Reloca ion aspec is iewed as a change be ween di e en s a egies meaning ha an
o ganiza ion can op o ano he supply s a egy which hey belie e be e sui s he ma ke
condi ions. This pape aims o holis ically explo e wha has been published conce ning
esho ing concep s which will be c ucial in guiding owa ds u u e esea ch. Hence, he
esea ch objec i es a e
(1) How a e esho ing concep s a icles clus e ed?
(2) Wha a e he eme ging esea ch aspec s?
(3) Which jou nals, a icles, and hos na ions ha a e mos in luen ial in he esea ch o
esho ing concep s?
I is impe a i e o unde s and he concep o esho ing, o sho ing, back sho ing, and i s
ele ance o he aspec o supply managemen . As he wo ld s ill g apples wi h COVID-19, i
is being wi nessed ha he pandemic e a will ha e a majo impac economically, na ionally,
and in e na ionally. Pandemics a e ha ing an impac on o ganiza ional s uc u e conce ning
ope a ions and supply chains (Samson, 2020). Many o ganiza ions ha e wi nessed
dis up ions o hei supply chains du ing he pandemic lockdowns due o hei
dependence on o sho ed supplies (S ange, 2020).
Coun ies a e now making s a egic esho ing decisions o pha maceu ical p oduc s as
well as i al aspec s o indus ial supply chains like au omobiles and chemicals whose
supply dis up ions can ad e sely a ec GDP. In he gi en con ex , esho ing concep s a e a
he hea o en ep eneu ial decision making o b ing back manu ac u ing acili ies owa d
he home coun y o i s egion. A cu en example o his is a F ench company named S il
(Te zian, 2020) which b ough back i s glass he mome e p oduc ion back o i s home a e
unexpec ed closu e o i s supplie s om China. Ano he I alian i m has es a ed p oduc ion
o disposal bio-deg adable ace masks a e 15 yea s o compe e wi h low-cos al e na i es
om China (G eco, 2020). Resho ing concep s a e now unde conside a ion o o ganiza ions
including Boeing, Bosch, Phillips and mo e.
Resho ing can be bo h in-house and ou sou ced. As pa o he esho ing agenda, an
o ganiza ion may mo e i s manu ac u ing acili y back o headqua e o i migh only b ing
back p oduc ion s ill ou sou ced o ano he collabo a i e manu ac u e in i s home coun y
(Wan e al., 2019). Since he d i e s behind esho ing decisions a e esou ce compe encies,
s uc u al changes, quali y, inno a ion and o e all supply chain esponsi eness, esho ing
concep s a e o u mos in e es o o ganiza ional leade ship (Van den Bossche e al., 2014).
Li e a u e e iew
In he las ew decades, only a hand ul o li e a u e e iews ha e been w i en on esho ing
concep s. Ou o hese nine een li e a y e iews, 5 a e adi ional/con en ional li e a u e
e iews lea ing he sys ema ic/bibliome ic e iews a 14. Majo i y o he au ho s ha e
employed con en -analysis-based amewo k o classi ying and compa ing a sample o
empi ical esea ch publica ions and p o ided a b ie o e iew o he use o empi ical
esea ch me hods in he esho ing domain. Con en analysis and desc ip i e analysis
eme ged as he mos popula modes ollowed by segmen ed keywo d ne wo k analysis and
co-wo d analysis. Despi e he a ied sample sizes used, as shown in Table 2, only Sa a anan
e al., (2022),da Fonseca and da Rocha (2022) ha e men ioned using VOSViewe so wa e o
bi u ca e clus e s and dema ca e hemes.
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Sa a anan e al. (2022) iden i ied he cu en esea ch ends and po en ial esea ch
a enues, by conduc ing an analysis o he COVID-19- ela ed supply chain li e a u e. Fo he
en i e co pus and he op h ee con ibu ing jou nals (Sus ainabili y, In e na ional Jou nal o
Logis ics Managemen , and Ope a ions Managemen Resea ch), bibliome ic analysis (also
known as a keywo d co-occu ence ne wo k) and ex mining ools (also known as N-g am
analysis and opic modeling) a e u ilized in o de o iden i y he mos equen ly discussed
opics in he li e a u e. The dis inc opics in he co pus and jou nals can be iden i ied using
TF-IDF. In o de o iden i y esea ch ends and oppo uni ies, 574 pape s published up un il
he i s semes e o 2022 we e ga he ed om he Scopus da abase. The applica ion o
digi aliza ion o achie e esilience and sus ainabili y, he u iliza ion o addi i e
manu ac u ing du ing he pandemic, he in es iga ion o ood supply chains, and he
c ea ion o supply chain decision models o comba he pandemic we e he ou opics ha
we e conside ed by he keywo d ne wo k. Topic modeling and segmen ed keywo d ne wo k
analysis we e also ca ied ou o he op h ee con ibu o s. E en hough he esea ch
concen a ions o each jou nal a e d awn om bo h analyses, he keywo d ne wo k
ypically p o ides a mo e gene al scope, whe eas he opic modeling p o ides mo e speci ic
opics. The e ec s o he pandemic on plasma supply chains, ca le supply chains, and
esho ing decisions, o name a ew, we e also e ealed by he TF-IDF sco es. Fu u e esea ch
a enues a e discussed based on he indings. As a esul , supply chain p ac i ione s and
esea che s will be able o iden i y supply chain ad ancemen s, li e a u e gaps, and po en ial
esea ch a enues wi h he assis ance o his s udy.
da Fonseca and da Rocha (2022) p esen ed he opics o expo wi hd awal, subsidia y
di es men , and back sho ing o esho ing h ough a comp ehensi e e iew o esea ch on
de-in e na ionaliza ion. In he beginning, he main s ands ela ed o de-in e na ionaliza ion
we e con i med using a bibliome ic echnique (co-wo d analysis) on keywo ds om a icles
and book chap e s published be ween 1980 and 2020. The bibliome ic analysis was hen
used in he s udy o iden i y he mos ecen ends wi hin each heme. The li e a u e was
b oken up in o h ee g oups ha alked abou he same hing— i ms cu ing hei
commi men o o he coun ies—bu used di e en bu ela ed e ms. Fo each o he
clus e s, he e ec s o de-in e na ionaliza ion esea ch we e looked a , issues ha equi ed
mo e in es iga ion we e mapped, and sugges ions we e made o u u e esea ch. By
de ining he concep ual bounda ies o he de-in e na ionaliza ion phenomenon and mapping
i s a ious mani es a ions wi hin a single heo e ical domain, he s udy employs a no el
app oach o gaining a b oade comp ehension.
The p ima y objec i e o hese e iews seems o be simply epo ing he quan i y o
esea ch ou pu wi hou o e ing ecommenda ions o making judgmen s and o b oaden he
scope o analysis o include a hema ic laye . No cu en publica ion has examined he
p oduc i i y o schola s despi e he no iceable inc ease in he numbe o wo ks published
ela ed o his eme ging ield as isualized in Figu e 1. I is an icipa ed ha his s udy’s
indings will ill he exis ing knowledge gap and p o ide insigh in o he di ec ion ha
esho ing esea ch will ake in he u u e.
Sample size Re iew pape s
0–100 56%
101–200 25%
>200 19%
Sou ce(s): Au ho s’ own c ea ion
Table 2.
Dis ibu ion o sample
sizes in e iews
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Fo u he ex ensi e in o ma ion on con ibu ions o hese li e a y e iews, mos p oli ic
au ho s we e ound o be F a occhi L. Di S e ano C, Vignoli M. and Sa o M. Each o hese
au ho s has been a ilia ed o mo e han one publica ion in he ield. Addi ionally, o see he
a ea expe ise o he jou nals publishing he bibliome ic e iews, e e o Table 3.Jou nal o
Global Ope a ions and S a egic Sou cing, Ope a ions Managemen Resea ch, P og ess in
In e na ional Business Resea ch and Sus ainabili y (Swi ze land) a e a pa wi h 2 li e a u e
e iews each. Howe e , none o hese jou nals is anked A o B in ABDC a ings despi e he
e iews being Scopus-indexed.
On he o he hand, he goal o his pape is o examine he li e a u e in he ield o
esho ing wi h espec o supply ne wo k managemen . The cu en pape goes wo s eps
u he han he majo i y o o he li e a u e e iews o unco e complex da a ela ionships. In
o de o e eal impo an li e a y ends, i i s compa es all majo da a ca ego ies agains
ime, geog aphical egions, and combined ime and geog aphical egions. Second, i p o ides
insigh ha canno be ob ained om ea lie se s o analysis by p o iding an accoun o c oss
abula ions among he a ious da a ca ego ies.
The emainde o he pape is laid ou as ollows: This con en analysis’s p ocedu e is
desc ibed in he Me hodology sec ion. The applica ion o esea ch designs and popula
esea ch me hods o s udy esho ing concep s a e also co e ed. T ends in esho ing
publica ion in e ms o egion, mos p oli ic au ho s, uni e si ies, p e e ed jou nals, and
Sou ce(s): Au ho s’ own c ea ion
1 1
3 3 3
2 2
3
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Jou nals A B C NL To al
Jou nal o Global Ope a ions and S a egic Sou cing 11% 11%
Ope a ions Managemen Resea ch 11% 11%
P og ess in In e na ional Business Resea ch 11% 11%
Sus ainabili y (Swi ze land) 11% 11%
Ac a IMEKO 5% 5%
Ad ances in T ansdisciplina y Enginee ing 5% 5%
Annual Re iews in Con ol 5% 5%
De elopmen Policy Re iew 5% 5%
Economies 5% 5%
Eu opean Business Re iew 5% 5%
In e na ional Jou nal o Logis ics Managemen 5% 5%
Jou nal o Pu chasing and Supply Managemen 5% 5%
Managemen Re iew Qua e ly 5% 5%
P oduc ion Enginee ing 5% 5%
Wo ld Re iew o In e modal T anspo a ion Resea ch 5% 5%
G and To al 11% 11% 26% 53% 100%
Sou ce(s): Au ho s’ own c ea ion
Figu e 1.
Publica ion end o
LRs by yea
Table 3.
C oss- abula ion
be ween con ibu ing
jou nals and espec i e
ABDC a ings
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jou nal publica ion end a e p esen ed. The majo esea ch indings a e discussed. The
conclusion and oppo uni ies o u u e esea ch a e p esen ed be o e he limi a ions o his
esea ch wo k a e discussed.
Me hodology
By ex an li e a u e e iew o bibliome ic analysis published in his a ea, he sea ch s ing
o his pape was d awn basis he mos commonly sea ched keywo ds. To begin, keywo d
sea ch o all li e a u e e iews was coded o ocus on he mos p e e ed combina ions as
shown in Figu e 2. Al hough he heo y building in esho ing concep s seems o be on
nascen s ages, his g ounded-ness in o exis ing esea ch wo k ci cum en s any subjec i i y
in he keywo d s ing so ha all ele an pape s a e pa o he inal da abase.
A sys ema ized li e a u e e iew is unde aken o synopsize he cu en ma u i y le el o
heo y. A s uc u ed me hod was used o e ie ing and selec ing he s udies o his e iew.
The ollowing subsec ions ou line he app oach adop ed o inding, sc eening and s udying
he a icles and sample cha ac e is ics.
Finding he a icles
The e a e, deba ably, h ee majo abs ac and ci a ion da abases: Google Schola , Scopus,
and he Web o Science. Google Schola was omi ed because o i s low da a quali y, which
ad ances ques ions abou i s ap ness o esea ch. Meanwhile, Scopus has a wide epo age
han he Web o Science, bu he la e o e s access o olde sou ces. Since we a e s udying a
ecen phenomenon, he access o olde sou ces o e ed by he Web o Science da abase is no
a bene i . The e o e, Scopus was concen a ed.
To uphold he eliabili y o p ac icali y o he li e a u e e iewed, he sea ch was limi ed
o a icles published in pee e iewed jou nals only. Only English sou ces we e included in
ou analysis gi en he language limi a ions o he au ho . Scopus was que ied using he
ollowing s ing.
(TITLE-ABS-KEY ( esho *) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (backsho *) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (back-sho *)
OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( e-sho *) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (back- esho *) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (back-
sou cing) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“back esho *”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (on-sho *) AND TITLE-
ABS-KEY (“Supply Chain”)) AND (LIMIT-TO (LANGUAGE , “English”)) AND (LIMIT-TO
(SRCTYPE , “j”))
This s ep e ie ed 205 publica ions.
Sc eening he a icles
A his s age, a icles we e included o excluded based on he abs ac . Any a icle ha
co e ed aspec s o esho ing concep s om a ele an subjec a ea was e ained. The
inclusion-exclusion c i e ia a e p esen ed in Table 4.
Figu e 2.
T ee map o sea ch
s ing keywo ds
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This p ocedu e based was equi ed since he li e a u e on esho ing concep s is ex emely
expansi e and co e s se e al di e se a eas. The sc eening condensed he ele an a icles o
148. The high numbe o un ela ed a icles is alida ed seen ou all-encompassing sea ch
e ms which included se e al a icles ha did no explici ly in eg a e he esho ing concep s
in a business con ex . Using nume ous channels o e ie ing he ull a icles, i.e. da abase
subsc ip ion/access a ailable, hese 148 a icles we e e alua ed as he inal sample. This is
summa ized in Figu e 3.
Subjec a ea Numbe o esul s C i e ia
Business, Managemen and Accoun ing 100 Included
Social Sciences 47
Decision Sciences 47
Economics, Econome ics and Finance 40
Enginee ing 42 Excluded
En i onmen al Science 30
Compu e Science 23
Ene gy 17
Ag icul u al and Biological Sciences 16
Medicine 8
Ma hema ics 7
Chemis y 5
Ma e ials Science 4
Chemical Enginee ing 4
Pha macology, Toxicology and Pha maceu ics 3
Mul idisciplina y 3
Physics and As onomy 2
Heal h P o essions 2
Ea h and Plane a y Sciences 2
Psychology 1
Nu sing 1
Biochemis y, Gene ics and Molecula Biology 1
A s and Humani ies 1
Sou ce(s): Au ho s’ own c ea ion
Sou ce(s): Au ho s’ own c ea ion
Keywo ds sea ch
in Scopus
• Da a e ie al
wi h
ad anced
que y s ing
(313)
• Limi ing o
jou nal
a icles (219)
• Limi ing o
English (205)
Subjec a ea
e iew
• Limi ing o
business,
managemen ,
acccoun ing,
social
sciences,
decision
sciences,
economics,
econome ics
and inance
(148)
Full- ex e iew
• Final sample
selec ion a e
eading all he
abs ac s
(148)
Table 4.
Inclusion/exclusion
c i e ia
Figu e 3.
Selec ion c i e ia o
ele an a icles
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Analyzing he a icles
Tool selec ion o bibliome ic analysis. Two o he mos well-known and p omising domain
isualiza ion so wa e packages we e conside ed o his e iew as shown in Table 5.
VOS iewe and Bibliome ix a e bo h capable o p o iding domain isualiza ion, bu
each has i s own se o equi emen s and capabili ies. VOS iewe is mo e use - iendly, bu i
sac i ices limi ed al e na i es o i s p ep og ammed unc ions and equi es epea ed analysis
due o i s inabili y o combine da a om mul iple sou ces o simplici y, adap abili y, and
esponsi eness o use needs.
Bibliome ix is mo e obus and adap able because i can be cus omized mo e easily by
use s and can
(1) pe o m analyses wi h iles om mul iple da abases
(2) accep iles om he Coch ane Da abase o Sys ema ic Re iews (CDSR) and RISmed
(3) p o ide exclusi e analyses o a p ice ha includes a s eepe p og amming lea ning
cu e
I could be a gued ha each add esses a dis inc need. VOS iewe migh be all ha a gi en
clien o se o clien s need. Howe e , gi en ha a pa icula skill is equi ed, i migh end up
I em VOS iewe Bibliome ix
So wa e equi emen s Linux, Windows o MacOS Linux, Windows o MacOS
Ins all equi emen s Download he app op ia e e sion o
you ope a ing sys em
Requi es ins alla ion o R language
IDE and hen o he Bibliome ix
package
Requi es p og amming
knowledge
No Yes
Ease o use High Low
Cus omizabili y Low High
Impo da a om ( ile
o ma s accep ed)
SCOPUS (CSV), Cla i a e Analy ics
Web o Science (Plain ex o ab-
delimi ed), PubMed/Medline
(MEDLINE) and Dimensions (CSV)
SCOPUS (BibTeX o CSV), Cla i a e
Analy ics Web o Science (Plain ex ,
BibTeX o EndNo e), PubMed/
Medline (MEDLINE), Coch ane
Da abase o Sys ema ic Re iews
(Plain ex ) and RISmed (RIS)
Load mul iple iles Yes Yes
Da a analysis om
mul iple sou ces
No Yes
API suppo Mic oso Academic, C oss e , Eu ope
PMC, Seman ic Schola , he Open
Ci a ions Co pus (OCC), OpenCi a ions
Index o C oss e open DOI- o-DOI
ci a ions (COCI), and Wikida a
Dimensions, NCBI PubMed and
Scopus
Expo s sp eadshee s Yes No
Dic iona y c ea ion
( hesau us)
Yes No
Exclusi e analysis ha
only one o he ools
deli e s
Tempo al e olu ion o au ho s and
ins i u ions
Impac indexes (H-index, G-index,
M-index)
To aliza ion o au ho s, sou ces, base
documen
Flexibili y and
esponsi eness o he use
High Low
Sou ce(s): Adop ed om A uda e al. (2022)
Table 5.
P os and cons o
bibliome ic ools
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China
Resho ing, whe he o no ega ding back- esho ing o nea - esho ing, is a p e y la es
phenomenon. (Fel and G ie e, 2017;Ka ada e al., 2023;Liang e al., 2022;Xiang and Yu,
2021) app ehend mo i es o esho ing o and om China. The au ho s decide mos
impo an easons o nea - esho ing and display ha agencies ha ing esho ed a e
success ul in e ms o p oduc quali y, esponsi eness among o de and deli e y,
esponsi eness among layou and p oduc ion, and in p ice con ol oo.
Limi a ions
This e iew has a ew limi a ions. The absence o publica ions in o he language, han
English, may esul in a signi ican loss o knowledge. This esea ch pape ci ed a ew
ele an publica ions in he o m o con e ence pape s, indus y epo s, books, and book
chap e s. None heless, hey we e excluded in he o ganized bibliome ic audi . To u he
ad ance he knowledge in his ield, explo a o y longi udinal case-s udies will b ing in ocus
he changes on manu ac u ing s a egies using he sho ing and esho ing s ages. Fo u he
ad ancemen o applica ion o heo y, Di Mau o e al. (2018) conduc ed a mul iple case-
s udies analysis, sea ching o common pa e ns in o sho ing and subsequen back sho ing
ini ia i es.
The academic li e a u e ypically examines o sho ing and back sho ing- ela ed
mo i a ions as dis inc en i ies. This sepa a ion p e en s a mo e in-dep h unde s anding
o he wo phenomena and implici ly ejec s he idea ha back sho ing could be a s ep in he
in e na ionaliza ion p ocess o a company. Case esea ch me hodology will ill his oid by
(1) de e mining whe he o sho ing and back sho ing mo i a ions a e ela ed a he i m
le el
(2) de e mining whe he back sho ing is he de elopmen o he company’s compe i i e
and loca ion s a egies o a “ ailu e” o he o sho ing ini ia i e.
The iden i ica ion o he p ima y easons o o sho ing and back sho ing is heo e ically
g ounded in his bibliome ic li e a y e iew. Fo u he heo y building, case s udies will
make i possible o comp ehend he connec ions be ween he mo i a ions, go e nance modes
and loca ion selec ion. Hence, u u e esea ch di ec ion eme ges o gain indings om li e
cases o esho ing.
Fu u e esea ch di ec ion
This is, o he bes o ou knowledge, one o he ea lies a emp s o concep ualize and de ine
esho ing concep s o app op ia ely dis inguish hem om one ano he . To accomplish his,
he ea lie dema ca ed clus e s p ecede his sec ion’s classi ica ion o esho ing concep s
illus a ed in Figu e 8. Based on he syn hesis o de ini ions and hema ic clus e s abo e, we
ha e concluded he li e a u e e iew in his eme ging ield. We hope ha his signi ican ly
u he s he de elopmen o esho ing concep s and p o ides a clea dimension o
esea che s and p ac i ione s in esho ing decisions.
The de eloping in e es in a anging and execu ing esho ing ac i i ies wa an s mo e
esea ch in he undamen al unde lying concep s. Howe e , he e a e s ill a lo o
misunde s andings abou he e ms used due o he concep ual p oximi y. This s udy a gued
ha a lack o unde s anding o esho ing concep s is s i ling he ield’s p og ess. We
esponded by o e ing a dema ca ion o he concep s and hei de ini ions de i ed om he
la ge body o li e a u e so ha he cu en ly con used concep s a e labeled acco ding o
ele an peculia i ies. We hen conduc ed a sys ema ic li e a u e e iew o acqui e a
comp ehensi e unde s anding o he cu en s a e o esho ing esea ch. The ield is
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p omising and wa an s nume ous addi ional s udies. Fu u e case-based esea ch may gi e
some con ex conce ning o he geog aphical loca ions, indus ies and wi h di e en
o ganiza ional sizes. In gene al, he s udy p o ided imely ad ice o esea che s,
p ac i ione s, and policymake s o ini ia e causal ela ionships and amewo k o ma u e
heo y de elopmen .
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Abou he au ho s
Muhammad Fa ooq Siddiqui holds an MBA in Finance om Bah ia Uni e si y and
has ecen ly comple ed his MS in Managemen om he Ins i u e o Business
Adminis a ion Ka achi. Wi h o e eigh yea s o expe ience p ima ily in esea ch, he
cu en ly se es as a Ma ke Ini ia i es Specialis a Pakis an’s only s ock exchange,
le e aging his expe ise o d i e s a egic ma ke esea ch and equi y esea ch e o s
in he inancial sec o . Muhammad Fa ooq Siddiqui is he co esponding au ho and
can be con ac ed a : [email p o ec ed]
Wa da Khalid is a supply chain p o essional wi h wo yea s o expe ience. She holds a
bachelo ’s deg ee in accoun ing and inance om he Ins i u e o Business
Adminis a ion, Ka achi. She is cu en ly a pa - ime schola o MS Managemen a
he same uni e si y. She is wo king ull- ime a a mul ina ional en e p ise in he
supply chain unc ion.
Muhammad A salan is Ae ospace Enginee om Middle Eas Technical Uni e si y.
He is cu en ly doing his MS Managemen om he Ins i u e o Business
Adminis a ion, Ka achi. His main ocus is in s a ups, co po a e s a egy and
supply chain managemen . Wi h o e ou yea s o expe ience in ech sec o wo king
wi h Mo i e, Sunbonn and Da az Alibaba g oup, he is now wo king as Lead Sales and
Ma ke ing (In e na ional Ma ke s) a a majo ex ile expo company.
Fo ins uc ions on how o o de ep in s o his a icle, please isi ou websi e:
www.eme aldg ouppublishing.com/licensing/ ep in s.h m
O con ac us o u he de ails: [email p o ec ed]
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