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  1. Collaboration between universities and micro, small and medium firms: A structured literature review

    Article • Industry and Higher Education, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  2. El Backshoring y su impacto en los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible

    Article • Emprendimiento y Negocios Internacionales, September 2025, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  3. An Integrated Business Strategy for the Twin Transition: Leveraging Digital Product Passports and Circular Economy Models

    Article • Business Strategy and the Environment, July 2025, Wiley

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  4. WHY MANUFACTURING BACKFLOWS TO CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE FAIL TO MATERIALIZE: INTRODUCING THE RESHORING READINESS LADDER (RRL)

    Article • Scientific Papers of Silesian University of Technology Organization and Management Series, January 2025, Silesian Technical University

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  5. Exploring dynamic capabilities and green innovations in born sustainable firms

    Article • Journal of Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, September 2024, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  6. The Impact of Strategic Orientations on the Born Globals’ Export Performance: An Ambidexterity Approach

    Article • Management International Review, August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  7. Workers buyout cooperatives: A structured literature review and a research agenda

    Article • Economic and Industrial Democracy, October 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  8. Post-offshoring manufacturing strategies: decision-making and implementation

    Article • Management Decision, October 2023, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  9. Manufacturing reshoring and sustainable development goals: A home versus host country perspective

    Article • Sustainable Development, August 2023, Wiley

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  10. The impact of environmental and social sustainability on the reshoring decision making and implementation process: insights from the bicycle industry

    Article • Operations Management Research, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  11. How does Industry 4.0 affect international exposure? The interplay between firm innovation and home-country policies in post-offshoring relocation decisions

    Article • International Business Review, August 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi, prof. Matteo Kalchschmidt

  12. When does the manufacturing reshoring strategy create value?

    Article • Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, June 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  13. What Can 5G Do for Public Safety? Structural Health Monitoring and Earthquake Early Warning Scenarios

    Article • Sensors, April 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  14. The impact of COVID-19 on supply decision-makers: the case of personal protective equipment in Spanish hospitals

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  15. Doing the right thing or doing things right: what is better for a successful manufacturing reshoring?

    Article • Operations Management Research, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    prof. Matteo Kalchschmidt, Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  16. Post-Brexit back-shoring strategies: what UK manufacturing companies could learn from the past?

    Article • Production Planning & Control, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Abhijeet Ghadge, Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  17. Back-shoring vs near-shoring: a comparative exploratory study in the footwear industry

    Article • Operations Management Research, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  18. Industry 4.0 technologies and manufacturing back-shoring: a European perspective

    Article • ACTA IMEKO, December 2020, IMEKO International Measurement Confederation

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  19. What can we learn about reshoring after Covid-19?

    Article • Operations Management Research, August 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi, prof. Matteo Kalchschmidt

  20. Do Industry 4.0 Technologies Matter When Companies Backshore Manufacturing Activities? An Explorative Study Comparing Europe and the US

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  21. Does sustainability matter for reshoring strategies? A literature review

    Article • Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, November 2019, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  22. What Happens After Offshoring? A Comprehensive Framework

    Article • October 2019, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  23. Relocation of second degree: Moving towards a new place or returning home?

    Article • Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, June 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  24. Manufacturing reshoring

    Article • European Business Review, January 2019, Emerald

    Prof Francesco Ciabuschi, Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  25. Manufacturing reshoring in the fashion industry: a literature review

    Article • World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research, January 2019, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  26. An AHP-based method for choosing the best 3D scanner for cultural heritage applications

    Article • Journal of Cultural Heritage, November 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  27. A network perspective on the reshoring process: The relevance of the home- and the host-country contexts

    Article • Industrial Marketing Management, April 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Francesco Ciabuschi, Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  28. Offshoring and backshoring: A multiple case study analysis

    Article • Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, March 2018, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  29. What do we know about manufacturing reshoring?

    Article • Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, February 2018, Emerald

    Prof Francesco Ciabuschi, Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  30. Build–operate–transfer (BOT): an emerging entry mode for service offshoring

    Article • Production Planning & Control, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  31. Is 3D Printing an Enabling Technology for Manufacturing Reshoring?

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  32. Manufacturing Reshoring Explained: An Interpretative Framework of Ten Years of Research

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  33. The structure of conversations on social networks: Between dialogic and dialectic threads

    Article • International Journal of Information Management, December 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  34. The evolution of inter-organisational social capital with foreign customers: Its direct and interactive effects on SMEs’ foreign performance

    Article • Journal of World Business, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

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    Article • Asia Pacific International Journal of Marketing, April 2016, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  36. Motivations of manufacturing reshoring: an interpretative framework

    Article • International Journal of Physical Distribution, March 2016, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  37. Prior to reshoring: A duration analysis of foreign manufacturing ventures

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  38. Manufacturing Back-Reshoring as a Nonlinear Internationalization Process

    Article • October 2015, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  39. Trust development and horizontal collaboration in logistics: a theory based evolutionary framework

    Article • Supply Chain Management An International Journal, January 2015, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi, Mr Francesco Pomponi

  40. When manufacturing moves back: Concepts and questions

    Article • Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, March 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  41. Consumer Tribes

    Article • June 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  42. The Interrelated Impact of Social Networks and Knowledge Acquisition on Internationalisation Process of High-Tech Small Firms

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  43. Internationalization of Italian Firms in Central and Eastern European Countries: Headquarters–Subsidiary Relationship

    Article • Journal of East-West Business, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  44. Knowledge acquisition and the foreign development of high-tech start-ups: A social capital approach

    Article • International Business Review, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  45. A genetic approach for freight transportation planning

    Article • Industrial Management, June 2006, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  46. A framework for analysing long‐range direct shipping logistics

    Article • Industrial Management, September 2005, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  47. An integrated framework for e‐supply networks analysis

    Article • Supply Chain Management An International Journal, April 2005, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  48. Reti sociali, acquisizione di conoscenza e crescita estera delle start-ups : un'analisi empirica

    Article • M n gement, January 2005, CAIRN

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  49. Analysis and evaluation of e‐supply chain performances

    Article • Industrial Management, September 2004, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  50. A methodological framework for innovation transfer to SMEs

    Article • Industrial Management, July 2002, Emerald

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  51. The virtual internationalisation process of Italian SMEs in the food industry

    Article • International Journal of Business Performance Management, January 2002, Inderscience Publishers

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  52. The capabilities of the transnational firm: accessing knowledge and leveraging inter-firm relationships

    Article • European Management Journal, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  53. Centres of Excellence in the International Firm

    Article • January 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi

  54. Manufacturing Reshoring

    Article • IGI Global

    Professor Luciano Fratocchi