Overseas Inward Investment and Regional Development: The Case of the West Midlands

Clive Collis, David Noon and Tony Edwards

Chapter 8 in Inward Investment, Business Finance and Regional Development, 1998, pp 134-149 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this chapter is to examine the role of overseas inward investment in the West Midlands. The first section provides a brief economic history of the region and the second reviews previous research on local inward investment. The third section examines the nature of the production systems and industrial relations practices employed by overseas-owned companies in the region, focusing upon the role of intraorganisational diffusion. The fourth section assesses the evolving role of the West Midlands Development Agency in seeking to attract inward investment to the region.

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Regional Development; Total Quality Management; Statistical Process Control; Kanban System (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-14181-4_9

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