Format:
1 online resource (278 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781138242425
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9781351984737
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Multinationals Series
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction: The Issues -- The state of Britain and British competitiveness -- Multinationals: the global issues -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 2. Global Environment of International Business and the United Kingdom Position -- Multinationals and the international business position -- International business and the United Kingdom -- Inward direct investment into the UK and the competitive position -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 3. Impact of Inward Direct Investment on the United Kingdom -- Introduction -- Economic impact of inward direct investment -- Technology transfer and innovation -- Market structure -- Trade and balance of payments -- Employment and labour effects -- Linkage and spillover effects -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 4. Foreign Multinationals in the UK Assisted Areas -- Regional policy in the UK -- Growth and performance of foreign-owned manufacturing industry in the assisted areas -- The electronics industry in the assisted areas -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 5. Multinational Strategies and Operating Characteristics -- Some ideas on international and subsidiary strategies -- Subsidiary strategies at the British and Continental European level -- Profile of MNE strategies in the 1980s and implications for the UK -- Case examples -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 6. The UK Policy Response -- Introductory issues -- Attraction and regulation of inward investment in the UK -- EEC policy and inward investment in the UK -- OECD policy and inward investment in the UK -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 7. Conclusions and Future Directions -- The UK as host to international investment -- Impact of inward investment at national and regional levels
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Multinationals - the global issues and the UK -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Young, Stephen Foreign Multinationals and the British Economy London : Taylor & Francis Group,c1988 ISBN 9781138242425
Language:
English
Keywords:
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