The strategic development of foreign-owned subsidiaries and direct employment in host locations in the United Kingdom

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 867-882

  McDonald, Frank ^a   Tüselmann, Heinz Josef ^b   Voronkova, Svitlana ^c   Dimitratos, Pavlos ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; MANUFACTURING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; POLICY MAKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30144442798     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0443     Document Type: Article

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