British Manufacturing Investment Overseas (RLE International Business).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepherd, David.

Contributor:

Silberston, Aubrey.

Strange, Roger.

Series:

Routledge Library Editions: International Business Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments, British.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Cover

British Manufacturing Investment Overseas

Copyright Page

Contents

List of tables

List of figures

Preface

1 Preliminary remarks

2 Overseas investment: statistical background

I Introduction

II Preliminary data considerations

III Geographical analysis

IV Sectoral analysis

V International comparisons

VI Inward investment in the United Kingdom

VII The financing of direct investment

VIII Concluding remarks

3 Overseas investment: analytical background

I Trade and investment

II The firm and overseas production

III Some macroeconomic considerations

IV The development of international firms

4 Historical developments in overseas investment

I Trade, protection and overseas investment

II Post-war developments

III Changes in domestic economic structure

IV Summary

5 The sample of firms

I The composition of the sample

II The coverage of the sample

III The company interviews and the questionnaire

6 Why do firms manufacture overseas? Some preliminary evidence

I Servicing foreign markets

II Questionnaire responses

III Concluding comments

7 Why do firms manufacture overseas? Evidence from the case studies

I The industries

II Food, drink and tobacco

III Electrical engineering

IV Chemicals (including pharmaceuticals)

V Mechanical and instrument engineering (including motor vehicle components)

VI Mechanical engineering (construction)

VII Textiles, leather, clothing and footwear

VIII Paper, printing and publishing

IX Other manufacturing (including metal manufacture)

8 Concluding comments on overseas manufacturing investment

II The nature of overseas manufacturing

III The causes of overseas manufacturing

IV Investment overseas as a substitute for investment in the UK.

V Consequences of overseas manufacturing investment

References

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Shepherd, David British Manufacturing Investment Overseas (RLE International Business)

ISBN:

9781135126186

OCLC:

836402672