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British Manufacturing Investment Overseas (RLE International Business)
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Routledge
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Routledge
198 Pages
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Routledge
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This study analyses the causes of British manufacturing investment overseas, focusing primarily on the period from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s. During these years there were significant changes in UK direct investment and this book represented the first major analysis of these changes based on detailed case studies of British international firms.
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List of Tables, figures. Preface. 1. Preliminary Remarks. 2. Overseas Investment: Statistical Background. 3. Overseas Investment: Analytical Background. 4. Historical Developments in Overseas Investment. 5. The Sample of Firms. 6. Why Do Some Firms Manufacture Overseas? Some Preliminary Evidence 7. Why Do Firms Manufacture Overseas? Evidence from the Case Studies. 8. Concluding Comments on Overseas Manufacturing Investment. References. Index.
Biography
David Shepherd (Author) , Aubrey Silberston (Author) , Roger Strange (Author)
