Inward Investment, Technological Change and Growth: The Impact of Multinational Corporations on the UK Economy

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of tables......Page 8
List of figures......Page 11
Notes on the contributors......Page 12
1 The growth and impact of inward investment in the UK: introduction and overview......Page 16
2 The determinants of host country spillovers from foreign direct investment: a review and synthesis of the literature......Page 49
3 Inward investment and technical progress in the UK......Page 81
4 Host country effects of FDI in the UK: recent evidence from firm data......Page 119
5 Why do foreign-owned firms in the UK have higher labour productivity?......Page 137
6 Regional policy and the impact of FDI in the UK......Page 177
7 A regional computable general equilibrium analysis of the demand and \'efficiency spillover\' effects of foreig direct investment......Page 193
8 Sticky places in slippery space – the location of innovation by MNCs in the European regions......Page 225
9 Foreign trade and FDI stocks in British, US and French industries: complements or substitutes?......Page 255
Index......Page 280