Embedding the multinationals? Institutions and the development of overseas manufacturing affiliates in Wales and North East England

Regional Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-40

  Phelps, N A ^a   Mackinnon, Danny ^b   Stone, Ian ^c   Braidford, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Enclaves; Foreign direct investment; Institutions; Linkages; Regions

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PERIPHERAL REGION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038008323     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340022000033385     Document Type: Article

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