Supplier linkages of foreign-owned manufacturing firms in the UK: The influence of entry mode, subsidiary autonomy and nationality

European Planning Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-91

  Williams, David ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12544258984     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0965431042000312415     Document Type: Article

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