Introduction

Peter J. Buckley and Peter Enderwick
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Peter J. Buckley: University of Bradford Management Centre
Peter Enderwick: The Queen’s University of Belfast

Chapter 1 in The Industrial Relations Practices of Foreign-owned Firms in Britain, 1985, pp 1-7 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Direct foreign investment (DFI)1 continues to provide, for many host nation governments, an attractive method of generating self-sustaining employment. This form of investment and its typical conduit, the multinational enterprise (MNE),2 are the subject of considerable examination. This analysis has been notably sparse in the area of the probable effects of such investments on industrial relations, certainly for the UK. The most comprehensive analyses date back to the early 1970s (Steuer and Gennard, 1971; Steuer et al., 1973). Whilst these pioneering studies provided a variety of insights into this important area they suffer a number of deficiencies. Typically, the sample subjected to analysis is small or unrepresentative of industry in general (Hamill, 1982). Thus, the analysis of Steuer and Gennard was based on a total sample of 68 firms, only 10 of which were foreign-owned, and confined to the electrical engineering industry.

Keywords: Direct Foreign Investment; Industrial Relation; Multinational Enterprise; Indigenous Plant; External Benefit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06819-7_1

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