Foreign direct investment (FDI) manifests itself in different ways and in order to evaluate the likely impact of FDI it is necessary to examine the strategic aspirations of multinational enterprises (MNE). This involves analysing the entry modes which MNEs use to gain access to foreign markets...

The development of multinational subsidiaries is of interest to academics, policy‐makers and the business community. Although there is a considerable literature on subsidiary typologies, there is a dearth of empirical investigation to accompany this. This article reports on a field‐work...

Reports on an empirical study which was undertaken to investigate the regional economic impact of the subsidiaries of foreign‐owned firms in the UK. The direct effects upon company employment and sales turnover are analysed as well as the indirect effects which are manifested through the...