Foreign Direct Investment in British Retailing, 1850-1962
This article describes a newly compiled dataset on foreign multinationals in British retailing and compares the patterns of inward investment in retailing with those in manufacturing. Foreign retailers were present in Britain well before foreign manufacturers, but their numbers did not grow as dramatically after 1890. Strikingly, very few pre-World War Two foreign entrants into UK retailing were actually retailers. The great majority were instead foreign manufacturers pursuing international markets through investing in dedicated distribution channels. These hybrid multinationals retained their home manufacturing base and mostly restricted their internationalisation to retailing.
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2000
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Authors: | Fletcher, Scott ; Godley, Andrew |
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Business History. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 0007-6791. - Vol. 42.2000, 2, p. 43-62
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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