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Foreign direct investment and prospects for the northern region

Jones, Jonathan and Wren, Colin (2008) Foreign direct investment and prospects for the northern region. SERC Discussion Papers (SERCDP0004). Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper's purpose is to review the recent experience of foreign direct investment (FDI) in North East England, and to explore the implications of this for the region's prospective economic development. Foreign-owned plants are reckoned to account for more than half the North East's employment in manufacturing, so that the future economic prospects of the region rest heavily on the performance of this stock of FDI plants. Further, the attraction of FDI continues to be a vital component of the region's economic strategy (One NorthEast, 2005), while the Regional Development Agency (RDA) supports initiatives to both develop and "embed" these plants in the region.

Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL: http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/SERC/publication...
Additional Information: © 2008 Jonathan Jones and Colin Wren
Divisions: Spatial Economics Research Centre
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Date Deposited: 23 Mar 2011 12:49
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 23:14
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/33137

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