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Transnational Corporations and the Dynamics of Human Capital Formation: Evidence From West Yorkshire
Author(s) -
Knell John
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
human resource management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.44
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1748-8583
pISSN - 0954-5395
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1993.tb00322.x
Subject(s) - transformative learning , west yorkshire , foreign direct investment , investment (military) , division of labour , human capital , position (finance) , industrial relations , capital (architecture) , capital investment , economy , economics , political science , market economy , sociology , management , finance , history , law , pedagogy , archaeology , metropolitan area , politics
John Knell, who is Lecturer in Industrial Relations in the School of Business and Economic Studies at the University of Leeds, draws on published material and the evidence of case studies in West Yorkshire to discuss the impact of foreign direct investment on human capital formation in Britain. He argues that the ‘transformative’ effects of such investment have been very limited and that the key to understanding this outcome lies in the position of the British economy within the evolving international division of labour.