Foreign manufacturing firms in the UK: Effects on employment, output and supplier linkages

European Business Review

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 393-398

  Williams, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Foreign investment; Multinationals; Output; Supplier relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099470     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555349910300683     Document Type: Article

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