Local productivity spillovers from foreign direct investment in the U.K. electronics industry

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 399-412

  Girma, Sourafel ^a   Wakelin, Katharine ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; Production functions; Regional development; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947602647     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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