FDI in the UK car component industry: recent causes and consequences

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-252

  Pickernell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; LOCATION DECISION; MANUFACTURING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032417922     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9663.00025     Document Type: Article

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