New town, new capital, new workplace? The employment relations of Japanese inward investors in a West Midlands new town

Economy and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-553

  Elger, Tony ^a   Smith, Chris ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; NEW TOWN; TRADE UNION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS;

EID: 0032431075     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149800000032     Document Type: Article

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