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dc.contributor.authorVereecke, Ann
dc.contributor.authorDe Meyer, Arnoud
dc.contributor.authorVan Dierdonck, Roland
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-02T14:32:12Z
dc.date.available2017-12-02T14:32:12Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/2906
dc.description.abstractThe strategic role of plants is an important decision variable in the design of international plant networks. The framework introduced by Ferdows in the 1990s offers an interesting typology, classifying plants according to their strategic role. Empirical research testing the framework showed its value as a tool for the analysis and assessment of the role of plants in such networks. This paper reports on a follow up of this empirical study, ten years later. It shows that the typology has predictive value for the future perspectives of the plant. While most of the lead plants have survived, several off-shore and source plants, and some of the server and contributor plants have disappeared from the network. As such, the framework can be useful for plant managers whose objective is to safeguard the future of their plant, as well as for executives in headquarters, who design and redesign plant networks for future competitiveness.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLogistics Management
dc.subjectInternational Manufacturing
dc.subjectStrategic Role
dc.subjectSurvival
dc.titleThe strategic role of the plant in international networks: a longitudinal study
refterms.dateFOA2019-10-14T12:44:42Z
dc.source.issue7
dc.source.numberofpages24
vlerick.knowledgedomainOperations & Supply Chain Management
vlerick.supervisor
vlerick.typecommWorking paper
vlerick.vlerickdepartmentTOM
dc.identifier.vperid45303
dc.identifier.vperid35910
dc.identifier.vperid35922
dc.identifier.vpubid3306


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