Add to ORKGAbstract One of the most fascinating characteristics of today’s global business landscape is that more and more western firms are undertaking sourcing activities particularly in China, a country now widely known as “the workshop of the world ” The purpose of this paper is to arrive at a better understanding of how to undertake sourcing in China from western firms ’ point of view. Five Swedish firms, i.e., Ericsson, H&M, Åhléns, Coop, and ICA have been investigated to achieve the purpose of this study. Managerial implications are provided for conducting sourcing effectively in China
There are many Swedish companies active on the Chinese market, since China’s accession to the WTO th...
The cost pressure in developed countries has stimulated many companies to shift their supplier base ...
China has during the last 50 years developed into becoming the second largest economy in the world...
The large and persistent trend of firms sourcing from China is in itself well-established with many ...
China has the past decade become the leading destination for companies looking to cut costs, due to ...
Today’s fast changing environment and increasing customers’ demands require that companies focus on ...
Abstract The interest in China today is enormous, and media talk about successful firms and entrepre...
In the past three decades China’s rapid transition from a closed economy to become the factory of th...
Various works have been published in the last years focused on Chinese economic and political geogra...
Background:Scholars tend to view global sourcing as a one-way street, whereby multinational manufact...
Global sourcing strategies and outsourcing production to China has during the last decades been a hi...
Outsourcing has been a way for firms to reduce their cost of production and enabling them to focus o...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how and to what degree Swedish multinational co...
A trend among manufacturing companies is offshoring of R & D. The aim of this study is to investigat...
In the recent years, cost reduction has made going abroad and sourcing from low-cost countries so po...
There are many Swedish companies active on the Chinese market, since China’s accession to the WTO th...
The cost pressure in developed countries has stimulated many companies to shift their supplier base ...
China has during the last 50 years developed into becoming the second largest economy in the world...
The large and persistent trend of firms sourcing from China is in itself well-established with many ...
China has the past decade become the leading destination for companies looking to cut costs, due to ...
Today’s fast changing environment and increasing customers’ demands require that companies focus on ...
Abstract The interest in China today is enormous, and media talk about successful firms and entrepre...
In the past three decades China’s rapid transition from a closed economy to become the factory of th...
Various works have been published in the last years focused on Chinese economic and political geogra...
Background:Scholars tend to view global sourcing as a one-way street, whereby multinational manufact...
Global sourcing strategies and outsourcing production to China has during the last decades been a hi...
Outsourcing has been a way for firms to reduce their cost of production and enabling them to focus o...
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate how and to what degree Swedish multinational co...
A trend among manufacturing companies is offshoring of R & D. The aim of this study is to investigat...
In the recent years, cost reduction has made going abroad and sourcing from low-cost countries so po...
There are many Swedish companies active on the Chinese market, since China’s accession to the WTO th...
The cost pressure in developed countries has stimulated many companies to shift their supplier base ...
China has during the last 50 years developed into becoming the second largest economy in the world...