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Foreign Multinationals and the British Economy : Impact and Policy.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Library Editions: Multinationals SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Copyright date: ©1988Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (278 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781351984737
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Foreign Multinationals and the British EconomyDDC classification:
  • 338.8/8841
LOC classification:
  • HD2845.Y686 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction: The Issues -- The state of Britain and British competitiveness -- Multinationals: the global issues -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 2. Global Environment of International Business and the United Kingdom Position -- Multinationals and the international business position -- International business and the United Kingdom -- Inward direct investment into the UK and the competitive position -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 3. Impact of Inward Direct Investment on the United Kingdom -- Introduction -- Economic impact of inward direct investment -- Technology transfer and innovation -- Market structure -- Trade and balance of payments -- Employment and labour effects -- Linkage and spillover effects -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 4. Foreign Multinationals in the UK Assisted Areas -- Regional policy in the UK -- Growth and performance of foreign-owned manufacturing industry in the assisted areas -- The electronics industry in the assisted areas -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 5. Multinational Strategies and Operating Characteristics -- Some ideas on international and subsidiary strategies -- Subsidiary strategies at the British and Continental European level -- Profile of MNE strategies in the 1980s and implications for the UK -- Case examples -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 6. The UK Policy Response -- Introductory issues -- Attraction and regulation of inward investment in the UK -- EEC policy and inward investment in the UK -- OECD policy and inward investment in the UK -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 7. Conclusions and Future Directions -- The UK as host to international investment -- Impact of inward investment at national and regional levels.
Multinationals - the global issues and the UK -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book, first published in 1988, examines the impact of multinational companies on the British economy and the British government's policy responses.This title will be of interest to students of business studies.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction: The Issues -- The state of Britain and British competitiveness -- Multinationals: the global issues -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 2. Global Environment of International Business and the United Kingdom Position -- Multinationals and the international business position -- International business and the United Kingdom -- Inward direct investment into the UK and the competitive position -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 3. Impact of Inward Direct Investment on the United Kingdom -- Introduction -- Economic impact of inward direct investment -- Technology transfer and innovation -- Market structure -- Trade and balance of payments -- Employment and labour effects -- Linkage and spillover effects -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 4. Foreign Multinationals in the UK Assisted Areas -- Regional policy in the UK -- Growth and performance of foreign-owned manufacturing industry in the assisted areas -- The electronics industry in the assisted areas -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 5. Multinational Strategies and Operating Characteristics -- Some ideas on international and subsidiary strategies -- Subsidiary strategies at the British and Continental European level -- Profile of MNE strategies in the 1980s and implications for the UK -- Case examples -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 6. The UK Policy Response -- Introductory issues -- Attraction and regulation of inward investment in the UK -- EEC policy and inward investment in the UK -- OECD policy and inward investment in the UK -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 7. Conclusions and Future Directions -- The UK as host to international investment -- Impact of inward investment at national and regional levels.

Multinationals - the global issues and the UK -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book, first published in 1988, examines the impact of multinational companies on the British economy and the British government's policy responses.This title will be of interest to students of business studies.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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