Figure 2
The scatterplot displays the “Importance of offshoring driver 2020 to 2022” on the vertical axis and the “Importance of offshoring driver 2010 to 2015” on the horizontal axis, both ranging from 1 to 5 with an interval of 1. Each point on the plot is marked with a number from 1 to 12, matching the right-side legend. The numbers correspond to “1. Labor cost,” “2. Lead time,” “3. Access to skills and knowledge,” “4. Flexibility,” “5. Logistics cost,” “6. Market proximity,” “7. Risk,” “8. Access to technology,” “9. Lack of qualified personnel,” “10. Trade barriers,” “11. Country-specific conditions,” and “12. Proximity to R and D.” Several dashed, irregular contour lines enclose different regions where points cluster, showing density or grouping. A dashed diagonal line runs from the bottom left to the upper right, serving as a reference for points with equal importance in both periods. The small dashed closed contour with marking 1 is positioned just before marking 4 on both axes. The large closed contour with markings from 9 to 12 is positioned just after marking 2 on both axes. The other markings are present in another closed irregular contour region that lies between the small and large contour regions. Note: All numerical data values are approximated.Changes in importance of offshoring drivers from before to during the pandemic, highlighting the development of the 2020–2022 constructs: labor cost versus time (factors 1, 2, 4, 7), development (3, 8), market (5, 6), and trade and R&D (9, 10, 11, 12)