The specific challenges with which companies pursuing international manufacturing strategies are faced, if their output also contains a service dimension, are addressed. A theoretical framework is proposed based on three virtually complementary perspectives by integrating international...

Questions on configuration and co‐ordination are seldom integrated in research on international manufacturing and location decisions. Suggests a way in which these two aspects can be linked by combining concepts from international business and manufacturing strategy. Elaborates the practical...

Principles of supply chain management are discussed in relation to the modifications, extensions, and challenges currently prevalent in internationally operating companies. The central issue is: How do international operations affect common SCM principles? First, insights from the literature are...