This text examines the patterns of foreign direct investment and its impact on the global, regional (trade bloc), national and sub-national scales. The contributors describe the global-local interplay apparent in the operations of multinational companies.
Part 1 Introduction: the corporate and institutional dynamics of FDI in
the global economy, Nicholas A. Phelps. Part 2 FDI and the global economy:
multilateral investment rules, multinationals and global economic
integration, Stephen Young;, Tom Brewer; globalisation versus regionalisation
trade, investment and multinationals, Robert Hine; corporate integration
global and regional integration, Nicholas A. Phelps. Part 3 FDI and regional
economic integration: FDI in European Union policy, Phil Raines, Fiona
Wishlade; the global-local interplay of South Korea FDI in the EU, Soon-Hoon
Jung; the market imperative to Japanese manufacturing FDI in the EU, Yuko
Aoyama; patterns of merger and acquisition activity in the EU chemical
industry, Keith Chapman. Part 4 FDI and national economic development:
attracting FDI to east european economies - can lessons be learned from the
UK experience? N. Berkeley et al; some contrasts in the location and
characteristics of Japanese manufacturing investment in france and the UK,
Max Munday; the impact of FDI on domestic employment - the phenomenon of
industrial hollowing out in Japan, Jocken Legewic. Part 5 FDI and
sub-national economic development: local government and local economic impact
in Wales, Jeremy Alden; branch plant upgrading, Andy Pike; regions,
sub-regions, and strategies for inward investment in the north of England -
the case of Cumbria, Frank Peck; New Jersey in a globalising economy, John
Dunning. Part 6 Conclusion: multinationals, multi-level governance and
global-localisation, Nicholas A. Phelps, Jeremy Alden.
