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200 10$aBritish manufacturing investment overseas /$fDavid Shepherd, Aubrey Silberston and Roger Strange
210  1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013.
215   $a1 online resource (170 pages) $cillustrations
225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. International business ;$vv. 35
300   $aFirst published in 1935 by Methuen.
311   $a0-415-75213-2 
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aFront 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 considerations
327   $aIV 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 industries
327   $aII 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 UK
327   $aV Consequences of overseas manufacturing investmentReferences; Index
330   $aThis study analyses the causes of British manufacturing investment overseas, focusing primarily on the period from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s. During these years there were significant changes in UK direct investment and this book represented the first major analysis of these changes based on detailed case studies of British international firms. The early chapters assess the available statistical evidence and the theories of overseas investment that had hitherto been put forward. The authors emphasize the need for recognizing the dynamic and varied nature of firms and the 
410  0$aRoutledge Library Editions: International Business
606   $aInvestments, British
606   $aInvestments, international
615  0$aInvestments, British.
615  0$aInvestments, international.
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700   $aShepherd$b David$f1952-$01519598
702   $aSilberston$b Aubrey
702   $aStrange$b Roger
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