04024oam 2200553 450 991077957090332120190911100040.01-135-12617-80-203-07654-01-299-44865-81-135-12618-610.4324/9780203076545 (OCoLC)846969668(MiFhGG)GVRL8PTQ(EXLCZ)99255000000101849320140908d2013 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrBritish manufacturing investment overseas /David Shepherd, Aubrey Silberston and Roger StrangeAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (170 pages) illustrationsRoutledge library editions. International business ;v. 35First published in 1935 by Methuen.0-415-75213-2 0-415-65776-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 considerationsIV The development of international firms4 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 industriesII Food, drink and tobaccoIII 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; I Introduction; II The nature of overseas manufacturing; III The causes of overseas manufacturing; IV Investment overseas as a substitute for investment in the UKV Consequences of overseas manufacturing investmentReferences; IndexThis 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. The early chapters assess the available statistical evidence and the theories of overseas investment that had hitherto been put forward. The authors emphasize the need for recognizing the dynamic and varied nature of firms and the Routledge Library Editions: International BusinessInvestments, BritishInvestments, internationalInvestments, British.Investments, international.332.67341Shepherd David1952-1519598Silberston AubreyStrange RogerMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910779570903321British manufacturing investment overseas3870988UNINA