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Chakkol, Mehmet, Johnson, Mark, Karatzas, Antonios, Papadopoulos, Georgios and Korfiatis, Nikolaos (2023) Making supply chains great again : examining structural changes to US manufacturing supply chains. International Journal of Operations and Production Management . doi:10.1108/IJOPM-12-2022-0783 ISSN 0144-3577. (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-12-2022-0783
Abstract
Purpose:
President Trump's tenure was accompanied by a series of protectionist measures that intended to reinvigorate US-based production and make manufacturing supply chains more “local”. Amidst these increasing institutional pressures to localise, and the business uncertainty that ensued, this study investigates the extent to which manufacturers reconfigured their supply bases.
Design/methodology/approach:
Bloomberg's Supply Chain Function (SPLC) is used to manually extract data about the direct suppliers of 30 of the largest American manufacturers in terms of market capitalisation. Overall, the raw data comprise 20,100 quantified buyer–supplier relationships that span seven years (2014–2020). The supply base dimensions of spatial complexity, spend concentration and buyer dependence are operationalised by applying appropriate aggregation functions on the raw data. The final dataset is a firm-year panel that is analysed using a random effect (RE) modelling approach and the conditional means of the three dimensions are plotted over time.
Findings:
Over the studied timeframe, American manufacturers progressively reduced the spatial complexity of their supply bases and concentrated their purchase spend to fewer suppliers. Contrary to the aims of governmental policies, American manufacturers increased their dependence on foreign suppliers and reduced their dependence on local ones.
Originality/value:
The research provides insights into the dynamics of manufacturing supply chains as they adapt to shifting institutional demands.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Business logistics, Business logistics -- Management, International trade -- United States | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Operations and Production Management | ||||||
Publisher: | Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0144-3577 | ||||||
Official Date: | 22 August 2023 | ||||||
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DOI: | 10.1108/IJOPM-12-2022-0783 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | Chakkol, Mehmet, Johnson, Mark, Karatzas, Antonios, Papadopoulos, Georgios and Korfiatis, Nikolaos (2023) Making supply chains great again : examining structural changes to US manufacturing supply chains. International Journal of Operations and Production Management . ISSN 0144-3577. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-12-2022-0783 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0144-3577 This AAM is provided for your own personal use only. It may not be used for resale, reprinting, systematic distribution, emailing, or for any other commercial purpose without the permission of the publisher. | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | Emerald Publishing Limited | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 August 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 September 2023 | ||||||
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