“…The third category refers to the aspects related to the advantages of the home country in terms of infrastructures, machinery and automatisation, skilled labour or the availability of raw materials (Kinkel and Zanker, 2013; Bailey and De Propris, 2014; Simchi-Levi et al, 2012; Stentoft et al , 2016b; Shih, 2014; Tate, 2014; Fratocchi et al , 2016; Arlbjom and Mikkelsen, 2014; Dachs and Kinkel, 2013). Finally, the fourth category contains other issues unrelated to costs but connected to improvements in competitiveness derived from the achievement of improvements in customer service, such as the reduction of delivery times, flexibility, the introduction of new quality products, the “Made in effect” or the retention of know-how or improvements in intellectual property protection (Kinkel and Zanker, 2013; Ancarani et al , 2015; Fratocchi et al , 2016; Pearce, 2014; Tate et al , 2014; Martínez-Mora and Merino, 2017; Srai; Ané, 2016; Moradlou et al , 2017; McIvor, 2013; Shih, 2014; Stentoft et al , 2016a; Kinkel, 2014; Tate, 2014; Kinkel et al , 2007; Zhai et al , 2016; Grappi et al , 2015).…”