POTTER J., MOORE B. und SPIRES R. (2003) Foreign manufacturing investment in the United Kingdom and the upgrading of supplier practices, Reg. Studies 37 , 41-60. This paper shows that the practices and competitiveness of UK suppliers have been improved by inward foreign manufacturing investment....

SILER P., WANG C. and LIU X. (2003) Technology transfer within multinational firms and its impact on the productivity of Scottish subsidiaries, Reg. Studies 37 , 15-25. This paper aims to examine the extent to which the technology generated in US parent firms is transferred to their Scottish...

PHELPS N. A., MACKINNON D., STONE I. and BRAIDFORD P. (2003) Embedding the multinationals? Institutions and the development of overseas manufacturing affiliates in Wales and North East England, Reg. Studies 37 , 27-40. The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) upon host regions is a topic of...

Grimes S. (2006) Ireland's emergence as a centre for internationally traded services, Regional Studies 40, 1-14. Although researchers examining the internationalization of service activity emphasize the need to see it as a holistic process because of the interdependency between production and...

Cet article propose une evaluation de la croissance de la productivite globale des facteurs (PGF) dans l'industrie manufacturiere chinoise et examine l'impact de l'investissement direct etranger sur ces performances pour un echantillon de vingt-neuf provinces entre 1988 et 1994. La disponibilite...

Our study examines the effect of economic integration on the location choices of Greenfield Investments and Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions. We use panel data on US FDI in NAFTA and MERCOSUR members from 1989 to 1998. Economic integration is assessed through bilateral tariff barriers and...

LOURI H., PAPANASTASSIOU M. and LANTOURIS J. (2000) FDI in the EU periphery: a multinomial logit analysis of Greek firm strategies, Reg. Studies 34 , 419-427. Outward FDI is a recent activity of Greek firms. It is mostly directed towards the Balkan countries and forms an alternative strategy to...

Cox K. and Townsend A. (2005) Institutions and mediating inward investment in England and the USA, Regional Studies 39 , 541-553. In England, a new institutional structure for local and regional development has recently emerged involving some decentralization of responsibility. A major focus has...