This book presents different disciplinary approaches to the knowledge economy and includes detailed case analysis of its impact in different parts of the world. It moves between the supra national macro region and the micro cluster, as well as looking at associated infrastructural and policy responses.
This study examines the extent and impact of foreign direct investment in a host of countries. On the fortieth anniversary of its original publica tion, the author has updated the original text, adding a new introduction and concluding chapter to put the work into a contemporary perspective. It seeks to compare and contrast the extent, pattern and impact of US MNE activity in the UK in the mid-1990s with that of the 1950s and also trace the landmark of changes which have occurred in the intervening years, including; European Union; new technology; and the growth of non-US and Japanese FDI.
Examines the effect of multinational enterprise operations on the economic structure of selected countries. Includes discussions of both large and small economies through twelve case studies centering on the UK, US, France, West Germany, Japan, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, Korea, India, Portugal, and Singapore.