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Explaining Manufacturing and Non‐Manufacturing Inbound FDI Location in Five UK Regions
Author(s) -
Fallon Grahame,
Cook Mark
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.766
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1467-9663
pISSN - 0040-747X
DOI - 10.1111/tesg.12070
Subject(s) - foreign direct investment , core (optical fiber) , government (linguistics) , business , international trade , economic geography , investment (military) , international economics , industrial organization , economics , politics , political science , computer science , telecommunications , linguistics , philosophy , macroeconomics , law
This paper extends the analysis of foreign direct investment ( FDI ) location in the UK by exploring the determinants of manufacturing and non‐manufacturing inbound FDI location within and between the UK 's core (the S outheast) and non‐core ( W est M idlands; W ales; S cotland and the N orthwest) regions. Use is made of multiple regression techniques to analyse a set of official, longitudinal data gathered for the period from 1980 to 2005 as a means to this end. The findings offer new insights into the relative influence of regional, national and EU level factors and government policy over FDI location at the UK regional level, and into their variation between regions and sectors of industry. The resultant implications for government policies towards inbound FDI are also considered, including the desirability of allowing them to vary from region to region, if FDI inflows are to be maximised.