Global value chain re-organisation: investigating the reshoring phenomenon
In ottemperanza ai requisiti previsti dalla procedura selettiva per 1 posto di Professore di ruolo di II fascia per il GSD 13/ECON-04 (già SC 13/A4) – Settore Scientifico Disciplinare ECON-04/A (già SECS-P/06), presso il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale Antonio Ruberti, codice concorso 2024PAE006, D.R. n. 1926/2024 del 31.07.2024 (consultabile sul Portale di Ateneo al seguente link: https://web.uniroma1.it/trasparenza/dettaglio_bando_albo/222105), si terrà il seminario pubblico di Katiuscia Lavoratori sulle sue attività di ricercaa il giorno giovedi 3 aprile 2025, alle ore 18:00 in collegamento su Microsoft Teams
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Abstract
Katiuscia will give a talk on her recent research on the reshoring phenomenon. First, she will discuss the key drivers behind reshoring and present a framework to understand why firms reshore and why such decisions remain relatively rare, by focusing on firm heterogeneity. Second, she will then discuss an ongoing study that investigates the profile and effects of reshoring, relying on Italian administrative data over the 2008-2019 period. The study develops a method to identify production reshoring events drawing from the literature on offshoring. It defines reshoring events as persistent negative changes in bilateral imports in the same industry as firm production, not matched by any increase in offshoring to other countries. Findings indicate that reshoring remains rare, with reshoring firms being smaller, less productive, and less internationally exposed. In terms of its effects, reshoring is associated with a temporary rise in employment and capital, but these gains are quickly reabsorbed. After reshoring, firms experience a decline in productivity. Additionally, reshoring leads to a shift in labor force composition, from higher-skilled, white-collar workers to lower-skilled, manual workers. These insights have important implications for the design of policies aimed at promoting reshoring.
Short bio
Katiuscia Lavoratori is an Assistant Professor in International Business at Henley Business School, University of Reading (UK). Previously, she was a research fellow at Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK). She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Perugia (Italy) and was a visiting researcher at Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and The Dunning Centre for International Business (UK). Her research sits at the intersection of International Business and Economic Geography, focusing on location choices, agglomeration, productivity, Industry 4.0, and the new geography of global value chains. Her work appears in top journals such as Journal of International Business Studies, Regional Studies, Global Strategy Journal, Journal of Regional Science, and Economics of Innovation and New Technology. She has received multiple awards, including the Copenhagen Business School Prize, the Global Strategy Journal Best Paper Award, and the Best Doctoral Thesis in Economics (2019-2020) from the University of Trento and the University of Verona. Katiuscia is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Industrial and Business Economics and a recipient of the 2023 BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant. She teaches international business, economics and management of multinational enterprises, and corporate strategy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and serves as Programme Director for the MSc in International Business and Digital Transformation, offered jointly by Henley Business School and POLIMI Graduate School of Management.