Short-termism and economic restructuring in Britain

Economic Geography

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-37

  Hallsworth, Alan G ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debt; Globalism; Inflation; Investment land; Short termism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING; INVESTMENT ACTIVITY; MANUFACTURING; NATIONAL ECONOMY; SHORT TERMISM;

UK;

EID: 0030447015     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144500     Document Type: Article

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