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In search of new investment decisions
Available online: 29 June 2014 Subject Heading: ISSUES ON ECONOMICS JEL Classification: Pages: 18-24
The trend towards relocation of overseas activities becomes more evident in today's world. The companies, which had previously left their domestic markets in search of countries with the lowest costs, are now returning to invest in their domestic markets. The focus of the research is the re-shoring of the US manufacturing companies. The author examines the main determining the investment decision (to reduce costs in the United States economy, technological innovation, rising increasing transportation costs, proximity to centres of research and development and consumer preferences). The author also dwells on the implications of this decision for the US economy and the difficulty of implementing this approach. Keywords: investment, manufacturing, оffshoring, re-shoring, cost improvement References:
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ISSN 2311-8768 (Online)
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