Assessing the impacts of foreign manufacturing on regional economies: The cases of Wales, Scotland and the West Midlands

Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 343-355

  Brand, Steven ^a   Hill, Stephen ^b   Munday, Max ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Foreign manufacturing; Input output tables

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; MANUFACTURING; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

ENGLAND(WEST MIDLANDS); SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0033917405     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400050078123     Document Type: Article

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