The determinants of regional sourcing by multinational manufacturing firms: Evidence from Yorkshire and Humberside, UK

European Planning Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 717-737

  Crone, Mike ^a   Watts, H Doug ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142009668     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0965431032000108387     Document Type: Article

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