Domestic sourcing by foreign-owned subsidiaries

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 260-276

  Williams, David ^a   McDonald, Frank ^b   Tüselmann, Heinz J ^c   Turner, Colin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; DECISION MAKING; MODELING; OUTSOURCING; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41449107661     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0643     Document Type: Article

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