We are pleased to recognize the outstanding research achievements of our department and to congratulate Thomas Reutterer on the research successes!  As part of the WU Awards 2025, the achievements of our department were officially acknowledged.

We would like to highlight the success of Thomas Reutterer, who, together with co-authors, published in a star journal:

Fruchter, G., Prasad, A., & Reutterer, T. (2024).
Optimizing Production Relocation Timing Decisions.

Production and Operations Management

In this paper, the authors looked at production offshoring, the practice of relocating production facilities from one country to another. They develop a model that helps firms and policymakers assess whether and when production relocation makes sense. Their findings show that while major cost drivers such as regulations or tariffs can delay offshoring, excessively strict measures may hurt public welfare. The study supports the idea of rational policy decisions both to delay offshoring and to repatriate previously lost production facilities.

This publication represents an important contribution to the field and reflects international visibility of our department’s research.

Further details can be found in WU Memo as well as the recording on the research topic of the awards ceremony on YouTube:

 WU Memo: Research Achievements and Awards

YouTube: WU Awards 2025 – Excellent Research 2