Foreign manufacturing, regional agglomeration and technical efficiency in UK industries: A stochastic production frontier approach

Regional Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 391-399

  Driffield, Nigel ^a   Munday, Max ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign manufacturing; Industry efficiency; Regional industry agglomeration

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MANUFACTURING; TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034934468     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713693833     Document Type: Article

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